Kolkata peaceful, Army stages flag march

The city remained peaceful for the second day on Friday as Army patrolled with police parts of central Kolkata that were hit by violence during Wednesday's shutdown call given by a minority group seeking expulsion of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen and protesting against Nandigram violence.

Four columns of Army comprising 360 personnel conducted flag march and jointly patrolled with city police Moulali, Mullickbazar, Ripon Street, Park Circus, Topsia, Beniapukur and adjacent areas throughout last night, Commissioner of Police, Goutam Mohan Chakraborty said.
He said no incident was reported from the areas and there were no arrests.

To a question, he said since morning Army has been kept on a standby and city police would soon review the entire situation and apprise higher authorities in the state.
"The state government will take a final decision on how long the army will stay and whether it is to be withdrawn in phases," the CP said.

Courtesy:timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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