An irate mob on Saturday attacked the Ausgram police station in Burdwan district with sticks and threw brickbats, causing injury to police personnel, and set its waiting room on fire.
I’m scared, 2,000-3,000 people attacked us. Seven to eight policemen have been hospitalised.Deepak Pal, Sub-inspector
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday directed the police to find out those behind the attack.
“I have asked the police and the local administration to find out those involved in the attack on Ausgram police station,” Banerjee told reporters after reviewing the situation at a top-level meeting at the state secretariat.
Seven arrests have been made, according to media reports.
The local police and the administration have been asked to deal with the situation strongly.
The incident took place just a day after Banerjee, while speaking at the police investiture ceremony, had urged a section of the people not to take law in their own hands.
On Friday, a mob had attacked the police and blocked the arterial Ausgram-Guskara Road protesting the detention of three school teachers and had alleged that they were manhandled at Guskara in Burdwan district.
Burdwan SP Kunal Agarwal, however, denied any link between the two incidents as the matter was peacefully settled.
Several people were detained and being questioned in connection with the incident, police said.
(With inputs from media agencies.)
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