Supporters of ABVP gave Kailashahar Police a 48-hour ultimatum on Saturday to act and arrest the accused persons involved in stabbing one of the ABVP activists, Shivaji Sengupta near Kailashahar PS on Friday evening.
Before serving an ultimatum, ABVP supporters blocked the Kailashahar main road in Unakoti district on Saturday demanding arrests of culprits involved in the attack on Shivaji Sengupta.
Meanwhile, Kailashahar Police arrested one person today for his alleged involvement in breaking down a bamboo-made boundary wall of Kali Temple at Laxmipur Gram Panchayat under Kailashahar in Unakoti district.
Both the incident – the stabbing and temple vandalism – sparked serious resentment and communal tension in the sub-division and the administration clamped Section 144 last night in Kailashahar sub-division to avert occurrence of any untoward incident.
After the stabbing incident on Shivaji Sengupta, Assistant secretary of ABVP, Kailashahar unit Anup Kanti Majumder lodged a specific complaint against some persons. The accused persons belong to different parties including BJP, but all of them belong to a particular community.
“As Police failed to arrest the culprits, we have resorted to road blockade in front of the Kailashahar PS today. We are condemning the Police inaction and demanding immediate arrest of the miscreants”, ABVP activists said.
Defying the Section 144, the blockade continued for more than three hours – and later, Minister Bhagaban Das reached the spot and held discussion with the agitating ABVP supporters. He told them that it was decided in a meeting with District SP, DM and other high officials that the culprits would be arrested soon.
Even as ABVP activists agreed to withdraw the road blockade, they gave the administration 48 hours for arresting the culprits. ABVP also held a rally in support of their demand.
Meanwhile, Police arrested one person from Kubjhar area under Laxmipur Gram Panchayat in collection with ransacking a Kali temple there. The Court sent the arrested person to Jail remand and asked the Investigating Officer to submit case diary within November 2 next.
Earlier, Minister Bhagaban Das went to the house of Shivaji Sengupta and met his mother as well as other relatives. According to a relative, health condition of Sengupta is stable and improving.