CM Mamata Banerjee announces judicial probe into Basirhat violence

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Saturday ordered a judicial probe into the communal violence in North 24 Parganas district's Basirhat sub-division.

Making the announcement, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said a sitting or a former Calcutta High Court Judge would be entrusted with the probe.

Violence erupted between two communities at Baduria on July 3 night over a Facebook post. In the violence following the arrest of a youth, a mob attacked members of another community and damaged many shops.