Kolkata, Feb. 10 -- Prohibitory orders, dear Section 144 CR PC, have been clamped in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali block in South 24 Parganas, and the internet services were suspended on Saturday, a night after protests from local people demanding the arrest of absconding TMC leader Sahjahan Sheikh and his two close friends turned violent.

An irate mob torched the accused's poultry farms and immovable assets, official sources said.

The local administration has clamped down on prohibitory orders since Friday night, armed state police began a route march to restore normalcy in the areas after the local people, mostly the local women villagers, while protesting against the trio, set fire to their immovable assets demanding immediate arrest of t...