Kolkata, April 22 -- West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar and other BJP leaders were detained by the state police at the Hazra Crossing in Kolkata on Tuesday. Majumdar alleged that the police were acting as cadres of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and they were detained when they came to raise funds for the victims of the Murshidabad violence.

Majumdar had reached Hazra Crossing to raise funds for the Hindu families affected due to the violence in Murshidabad on April 11. Police detained them as the protesting BJP leaders raised slogans against the state government.

Sukanta Majumdar said, "Police has become the cadres of CM Mamata Banerjee. We came here to raise funds for Murshidabad violence victims, and the police are saying th...