Five BJP supporters held for assaulting cops

Kolkata: Police arrested five BJP supporters in connection with the assault on five policemen including an additional superintendent of police at Chowringhee in Kharagpur on Monday.

The arrested BJP workers along with some others had beaten up the policemen after the vehicles they were travelling in got caught up in a traffic jam. The BJP workers asked the police to clear the jam as they had to reach the Midnapore College ground, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a gathering.

The BJP workers got down from the vehicles and beat up the policemen on duty. When some senior officers came to the rescue of their colleagues, the BJP workers beat them as well, with bamboo sticks and iron rods. An additional superintendent of police was also injured. West Midnapore district administration had instructed the police not to take the issue lightly.