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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.
Indian Secular Front (ISF) activists fought a pitched battle with the police at Esplanade area in central Kolkata on Saturday during a protest against alleged attacks on their workers by the ruling Trinamool Congress in South 24 Parganas district. The demonstration threw the traffic out of gear around the key Jawarharlal Nehru Road crossing. The sole ISF MLA Naushad Siddique,
Several police personnel and opposition Indian Secular Front (ISF) activists were injured in a clash between them as the party’s protest at Esplanade area in central Kolkata turned violent, throwing traffic out of gear on Saturday afternoon.