India, June 12 -- Tensions flared in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, after a violent clash broke out between police and unidentified miscreants following the alleged vandalism of a Shiva temple in Ward No. 7 of Maheshtala under the Metiabruz Assembly constituency. Security was significantly ramped up in the Rabindra Nagar area on Thursday amid growing political heat.

Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP leaders claimed that Hindu families and shopkeepers were attacked in a targeted act of communal violence. In a strongly worded post on X, Adhikari said he had approached the Superintendent of Police of Diamond Harbour Police District and the Director General of West Bengal Police, seeking permission to visit Maheshtala ...