In Kolkata today, Mamata Banerjee will begin her two-day dharna against the Centre; TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee will address a rally; and BJP will lead a demonstration against the "corruption" in the state government
One Aloke Kumar, a resident of Sridhar Roy Road in Kolkata after being detained by police had admitted that following advice by a ‘tantric’ he had murdered the minor girl.
Kolkata Police baton-charged the ISF workers and lobbed tear gas shells, the demonstrators numbering around 500 retreated but pelted the cops with stones from nearby lanes, injuring several police personnel.
Around 500 protesters, who claimed to have qualified for the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) but were still omitted from the merit list, had launched a protest on a road in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata.