Cuttack: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called a 12-hour Cuttack Bandh on Monday over the violent clash during the immersion of Maa Durga idols at Haathi Pokhari near Dargha Bazar area in the city late on Friday.

While expressing outrage over the incident, t he organisation blamed district and police administration for the incident and demanded transfer of the Cuttack Collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde and DCP Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo. ADVERTISEMENT

Speaking to the media on Saturday, the VHP blamed the police and district administration’s failure to maintain law and order for the incident. “Six people, including the DCP, were injured in the clash, an unprecedented event in the city in recent times. To protest the Cuttack DCP and collector’s failure to ensure a peacef

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