The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday informed the Calcutta High Court that if the court orders, it is ready to take over the investigation on the clashes over Ram Navami processions in Howrah and Hooghly districts that started .
Clashes and violence over Ram Navami procession at Rishra in Hooghly district of West Bengal on April 2 was instigated by the processionists, the state government has informed the Calcutta High Court.
The members of a fact-finding team from Delhi, who have come to review the situation at Rishra in Hooghly district where clashes broke out over Ram Navami processions on April 2, were on Saturday stopped by the police from reaching the troubled .
When the members of the Fact Finding Committee on Human Rights Violation were approaching Rishra, they were stopped by a large contingent of police at Sreerampore, anout 3 km from where the clashes broke.The