In the last week, over 100 videos showing slugfests between cops and local residents over such silent cremation using kerosene and other fuels have surfaced on Instagram, Facebook. The videos have also circulated among large WhatsApp groups across India and abroad.
"You are requested to not step out of the house," it is announced even as policemen and traffic policemen lead a mob as petals are showered on the rally.
The West Bengal government has not approved the request to allow Indian Air force aircraft to fly over two Kolkata hospitals. The hospitals are the ID&BG hospital and the Eastern Command Hospital.
Miffed over the improper distribution of ration supplies, angry locals in Salar area in West Bengal's Murshidabad district Saturday vandalised a ration distributor Halim Sheikhs' house