A day after violence at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas of West Bengal claimed two lives, the region remained on the boil on Tuesday. Villagers of Doluakhaki, whose houses were set on fire in the Monday violence, held protests outside the Joynagar police station, demanding that they be allowed inside their village.
More than a dozen houses of supporters of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] were set on fire after a local Trinamool Congress leader Saifuddin Laskar was shot dead in the early hours on Monday.
