Hyderabad, June 2 -- The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), on Monday, June 2, observed a 24-hour bandh in West Bengal's Siliguri district, following an attack on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker on Saturday, May 31.

According to VHP Bengal and Sikkim general secretary, Laxman Bansal, a group of people allegedly ransacked the house of BJP worker, Amit Gupta, hit him and one of his relatives on their heads, and later attacked a nearby shop. "The police have not done anything after the attack. We have called the bandh in protest of that," he said.

Local reports suggest the attack may have been a retaliation for an earlier assault on a local meat seller and his grandmother, allegedly by VHP members who accused them of transporting beef.

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