BJP's Roopa Ganguly and Oppn leaders stopped by cops from visiting clash-hit Basirhat

Basirhat (West Bengal): Leaders of BJP, Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist) were stopped on Friday from entering the violence hit .

Barsirhat and Baduria in North 24 Parganas in West Bengal have been witnessing violence since Monday following 'objectionable' post on a social networking site Facebook.

Several shops were torched and houses ransacked in Baduria, Tentulia and Golabari following the clash after which the Centre has imposed Section on Wednesday.

Police arrested BJP leaders Roopa Ganguly and Locket Chatterjee near the Kolkata airport when they insisted on proceeding to Basirhat, around 12 km from violence hit area in Bashirhat.

Congress delegation



led by party's state chief, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, was also stopped from entering the violence hit area.

CPI(M) MP, Mohammed Salim, who was leading his party delegation to Basirhat in West Bengal on Friday, was stopped 50 kilometers before entering the violence-hit area.

Heavy security forces have been deployed in and around the area.

Mohammad Salim said, "The situation in Basirhat has become critical. The state government could not fulfill its responsibility and hence it has become a riot affected area."

"Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would have approached to convert the situation into a normal status. But she was too busy in personal quarrel with the governor," he added.