Kolkata

Phoolbagan

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Metro station

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Tension gripped in’sarea afterclashed with the police in front of a liquor store when the store opened briefly and started selling liquor on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses said nearly 500 people started queuing up immediately after the shop owner opened the shop. The queue was so long that it stretched from Dr B C Roy Children’s Hospital to Phoolbagan, almost one kilometer stretch, and Gurudas Halt bridge on the other side.“When I came to the spot, I saw more than 500 people standing in the row. Police came immediately and dispersed the. As police tried to send the people back home, clash broke out since all of them were eager to buy liquor,” Sanat Ray, a local resident, said.Initially, bottles were smuggled out of the shop as there was no such permission for selling spirits, during the lockdown, as it is not an essential item and the shop was closed for a long time, another local said.Police force from the Beleghata police station reached the spot. The furious mob charged towards the police personnel, following which police had to resort to lathicharge to disperse the mob and bring the situation under control.However, when they refused to vacate the area, the mob got engaged in a scuffle with the police. More force was called in bring the situation under control.Incidentally, a huge mob clashed with the police in Asansol’s Jamuria area on Tuesday over setting up of a government quarantine centre in the area.The situation turned serious that Officer-in-Charge’s(OC) leg was fractured and altogether five persons were injured. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the people’s inhumane behavior and urged them to show restraint.Meanwhile, seventeen new COVID 19 cases have been reported on Wednesday, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 132, West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said.