Kolkata, Sep 27 (PTI) The organisers of a Durga Puja in Kolkata, inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Saturday charged the police with trying to stop their light and sound show on Operation Sindoor on the pretext of threat to public safety.

Secretary of Santosh Mitra Square Puja and BJP leader, Sajal Ghosh, also threatened to close down the pandal and immerse the idol prematurely if the “pressure tactics” do not stop.

Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma denied the charges, asserting that the police are only concerned with public safety as a large crowd has been gathering in a narrow space. Show Full Article

Ghosh, a councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, claimed in a press meet at the puja pandal ground that there have been sustained efforts by Kolkata Police t

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