Matuas claim attack on bus carrying pilgrims, block rail track; 4 held

Alleging attack on a bus carrying pilgrims to Baruni Mela (fair) in Thakurnagar town in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, members of the Matua community on Friday blocked the railway track at the Habra station in protest against the purported incident.

The protest resulted in disruption of train movement in the Sealdah-Bangaon section for some time but the police and the Government Railway Police cleared the tracks assuring an immediate action against the culprits.

So far, the police have arrested four persons, all residents of Barasat Kazipara where the alleged attack took place.