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Tribals hold rally in Lalgarh

Raktima Bose

Lalgarh: The Police Santrosh Birodhi Janashadharaner Committee (PSBJC) [People’s Committee against Police Atrocities] held a ‘victory’ rally here on Tuesday, a day after its supporters ransacked several police outposts, offices of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the house of a local CPI(M) leader.

Hundreds of tribal men and women, carrying traditional weapons, raised slogans against the CPI(M) and police and danced to the beat of drums. A section of the crowd set on fire an office of the CPI(M), located near the rally venue, even as the PSBJC convener Chhatradhar Mahato told mediapersons that the objective of the rally was to “peacefully” protest against the State government’s rule that the tribal people cannot hold armed rallies in Kolkata. Personnel at the Lalgarh police station, just a stone’s throw away, watched helplessly as the mob torched the party office.

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