Tension Persists in Malda's Mothabari

State police say situation under control, claim to have made 57 arrests in the wake of the clashes so far

- AGENCIES

Tension continued in Mothabari in West Bengal's Malda district, where communal clashes took place last week. The state police claimed to have made 57 arrests in this connection so far.

While the state police continued to make claims, even at the Calcutta High Court, that the situation in Mothabari was more or less under control, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, refuted the claims.

According to him, if the situation had been under control, there would not have been restrictions on the entry of opposition party leaders and media personnel to troubled spots by placing barricades far away from the hotspots of tension.