Sandeshkhali simmers, BJP chief faints taken to hosp

STRIFE-hit Sandeshkhali witnessed dramatic scenes on Wednesday as BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar offered prayer to goddess Saraswati on the banks of Ichamati river in Taki, North 24 Parganas, and fainted during a scuffle with police when he tried to proceed and visit women who accused the local leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress of sexual abuse.

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Majumdar was rushed to a local hospital in unconscious state from where he was brought to a private hospital in Kolkata.

A day after the Calcutta High Court set aside the state government's promulgation of prohibitory order in Sandeshkhali, the district administration again on Wednesday clamped restrictions on movement under Section 144 of CrPC in 19 pockets of the area.

Setting aside the earlier order, the high court, on Tuesday, mentioned it its order that the manner in which the restrictions were imposed was not right.