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Paramilitary forces should be called to assist police in arson-hit places of West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari

West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on June 13 alleged that there is inaction by the Mamata Banerjee government to check incidents of loot and arson in the State over alleged derogatory comments on Prophet Muhammad and said the paramilitary forces should be called to assist the police to contain the violence.

Mr. Adhikari, who led a sit-in at the entrance of the Assembly Hall along with six suspended BJP MLAs, told reporters that there should be a high-level meeting by the Chief Secretary, the Director General of Police, Home Secretary and top bureaucrats on an emergency basis in view of the situation in the State.

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