12 Arrested Over Attack On Sadhus In Bengal As BJP Targets Trinamool

A group of seers being targeted by a mob in West Bengal has resulted in another showdown between the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress.

Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the attack on seers after the videos of the incident went viral.

The women were startled on seeing the sadhus only covered in ash and raised an alarm following which a mob attacked the sadhus.

they rushed to the spot, rescued the sadhus, and made arrangements for their onward journey to Gangasagar, a revered pilgrimage site in West Bengal.

“There is no communal angle in the incident,” officials said.

The BJP has hit out at the Trinamool Congress saying the law-and-order machinery has broken down. Several BJP leaders have also taken to the social media platform X to condemn the alleged attack on Sadhus.