Kolkata, June 28 -- Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was detained on Saturday while protesting against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata.

The protest was organised by the party at Gariahat Crossing in Kolkata. Waiving the BJP flags, they attempted to climb over the barricades guarded by police personnel.

"This is the face of democracy in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee has ruined democracy in the state...The police have arrested me and other workers (of the BJP)...," he told reporters while being escorted by police to a van.

Meanwhile, the father of one of the accused in the Kolkata alleged gangrape case demanded strict punishment in case he is found guilty.

"First, I am a...