India, March 29 -- The West Bengal police have booked two persons for allegedly plotting to incite communal tension and violence between religious groups during Ram Navami and Eid-ul-Fitr next week, officials said.

"A case has been registered against two persons with Shyampur police station in Howrah. The charges are very serious. They were planning and plotting to incite communal tension and violence between religious groups. Investigation is going on. It is still in the nascent stage," Jawed Shamim, ADG (law and order) of West Bengal Police, told media persons on Saturday.

Next week two major religious festivals including Eid-ul-Fitr and Ram Navami will be celebrated across the state.

"We received specific inputs that attempts were b...