Raipur, Dec. 24 -- Normal life was disrupted across large parts of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday following a statewide bandh called by several social organisations to protest violence in Kanker district's Amabeda area and alleged administrative bias in handling cases linked to religious conversion. The shutdown had a significant impact in major urban centres, even as fresh tension was reported from parts of southern Chhattisgarh.
The bandh, supported by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS), the Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and several trade, social and religious organisations, was observed widely in Raipur, Durg, Jagdalpur, Bilaspur and Ambikapur. Schools, markets, shops and private commercial establishments remained closed f...