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Kolkata: The West Bengal Police on Monday detained the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, who were protesting at Hazra Road near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence against the gang-rape of the wife of a party activist recently.

As the BJP activists were halted from moving towards the CM's residence, a minor scuffle erupted between them and police personnel. Banerjee's residence is just a few meters away from the rally site.

Expressing concern over the law and order situation in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress, the Mahila Morcha activists squatted on the road and shouted slogans against the Mamata Banerjee government. The incident led to traffic jams at the busy Hazra crossing.

The West Bengal Police held a few Mahila Morcha supporters. Meanwhile, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh and Mahila Morcha president Locket Chatterjee slammed the state government over no arrests made by police in the alleged gang-rape case.

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Last week, a 30-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and gang-raped in an under-construction building near her residence at Khardah area in North 24 Parganas district. The BJP had claimed that the woman is the wife of a local party leader of the area.

The party also alleged that the TMC workers had been threatening the leader for the past few days.

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