Bengal BJP Chief In Hospital After Clash With Cops On Way To Sandeshkhali

Dramatic scenes played out in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali this afternoon as BJP workers clashed with cops in their attempt to visit women who have accused Trinamool Congress leaders of sexual abuse. State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar was rushed to a hospital after he fainted during a scuffle with cops.

Mr Majumdar has been camping in the area after Sandeshkali, an area in the North 24 Parganas, made headlines owing to shocking allegations by local women against Trinamool strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides. Shahjahan is on the run for a month now after an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team, which raided his home in a ration scam case, came under a mob attack.

The state BJP chief and other party workers held a sit-in protest outside the police superintendent's office in Basirhat, demanding that they be allowed to visit Sandeshkhali. The local administration has imposed prohibitory orders in the area, flagging concerns of a breach of peace.