Prohibitory orders were imposed in parts of Ekbalpore Police Station in Kolkata on Monday after clashes erupted between two communities in the area late on Sunday evening. According to locals, trouble started on the night of October 8 over putting up flags in the Mayurbhanj area of Mominpur in the city when Milad-un-Nabi was being observed.
The next evening on Sunday (October 9) clashes erupted between two groups. Several houses were ransacked in Mayurbhanj and Bhukailash Road area of the locality. A number of vehicles and motorbikes were attacked. A group of people also gathered at the local Ekbalpur police station and vandalised the police station. There was stone pelting, and according to locals, crude bombs were hurled late on Sunday evening. More than 20 people have been arrested for the violence. There was no report of any death or serious injury.
The notification issued by the Commissioner of Kolkata Police Vineet Kumar Goyal prohibited assembly of “five or more persons, carrying of lathi, any lethal or other dangerous weapons or doing of act which is likely to cause a breach of the peace and disturbances of the public tranquillity within the said area” from October 10 to October 12. Tension prevailed in the area on Monday and shops were shut and there were fewer people on roads. There was a large deployment of police and nobody was allowed inside violence affected areas.
