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BJP leader Roopa Ganguly attacked near Diamond Harbour

| | May 22, 2016, at 10:28 pm
Kolkata/Diamond Harbour, May 22 (IBNS): Actress-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Roopa Ganguly was attacked by several persons at Ishwaripur village under Kakdwip Police Station area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Sunday afternoon, reports said.

According to reports, Roopa Ganguly went to visit few BJP supporters, who were allegedly beaten up by TMC on Saturday, at Kakdwip Hospital.

When she was returning to Kolkata, few villagers stopped her convoy and attacked her. They vandalized her vehicle and manhandled Roopa Ganguly.

Ganguly and several other BJP activists, who were accompanying her, were injured in the sudden attack. Sustaining  head injury, Roopa Ganguly has been taken to Diamond Harbour Hospital.

Condemning of the incident, BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha told IBNS, "Local TMC leaders led the brutal attack. We are demanding immediate arrested of all persons, who were involved in the case."

However, a heavy police force have rushed to the spot. No arrested has been made so far.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
 

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