In riot-hit Basirhat, Muslims have come together to help their Hindu neighbours back on their feet even as latent tensions continue in the region since violence earlier this week.

A crowd of Muslim men gathered around a ransacked shop, urging its owner Ajay Pal to accept a contribution of Rs 2,000 to reopen his shop, reported The Indian Express.

On Tuesday, an objectionable post on social media triggered violence across North 24 Parganas region in West Bengal, along the border of Bangladesh. Nearly a hundred shops were ransacked and a dozen homes vandalised.