Kolkata July 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Saturday ordered a judicial probe into the communal violence in North 24 Parganas district s Basirhat sub-division.
Making the announcement Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said a sitting or a former Calcutta High Court Judge would be entrusted with the probe.
Violence erupted between two communities at Baduria on July 3 night over a Facebook post. In the violence following the arrest of a youth a mob attacked members of another community and damaged many shops.
--IANS
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