Malda, April 11 -- West Bengal Assembly's Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari visited the violence-hit area of Mothabhari in the Malda district of West Bengal on Tuesday. Earlier, Adhikari had claimed that around 86 shops and houses of people from the Hindu community were "looted and destroyed", and he is going to meet the families in the area.

Visuals from Mothabari showed women welcoming Adhikari amid heavy security and chanting slogans to welcome him. Adhikari shook hands and enquired about the situation of the women there.

Violence had broken out between two groups in the Mothabari-Malda area on March 27. Since then, 61 people have been arrested, and the Internet has been suspended in three areas.

"86 shops of Hindus ...