Bengal:BJP alleges party worker killed in clash with police

One person died as the Bengal police on Monday used water cannons and tear gas shells on protesters who were part of a BJP rally in West Bengal’s Siliguri. BJP workers clashed with the police in North Bengal, as they were stopped from moving past barricades at two points near branch secretariat 'Uttarkanya' during their rally in protest against TMC dispensation's "misrule". The police action started after BJP supporters tried to break barricades set up by the authorities. Local reports indicated that protesters also retaliated by throwing stones at the police. Some activists had even set fire to the bamboo barricades set up in the area.In the ensuing violence, one BJP worker, identified as Ulen Roy, was killed while a number of BJP workers and police personnel have been injured in the incident.

The West Bengal Police issued a statement on the clash in Siliguri and said that "serious acts of violence were committed" by the BJP workers in Siliguri.They resorted to arson, brick-batting, firing and vandalism of govt property, the West Bengal Police tweeted.The police also said that it showed restraint in containing the protest and didn't lathicharge the protesters, as claimed by the BJP. The police maintain that only water cannons and tear gas were used.