A 38-year-old man from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district has been arrested for allegedly inciting communal violence as Basirhat remained on the boil.
The man identified as Bhabatosh Chatterjee from Rupnagar, Sonarpur – had uploaded a photo on Facebook that he claimed depicted what was truly happening in Basirhat and Baduria, which have seen communal clashes over a photoshop image that denigrated Islam.
The picture actually was a Bhopuri movie still that showed a man disrobing a woman.
Meanwhile, parts of the North 24 Parganas district remain on the boil after communal clashes first erupted in Baduria in this week. The clashes were over a Facbeook photo allegedly put by a Class XI boy.
The photo showed Prophet and Kaaba Sharif in Mecca in an ‘objectionable’ manner. The boy was later detained and has denied uploading the photo.
As clashes erupted in Baduria and Basirhat, another image (pictured above) started doing the rounds with some claiming that this was what was actually happening in Basirhat. However, that photo was completely unconnected to the communal clashes in West Bengal.
That picture was actually a movie still from one of Manoj Tiwar’s Bhojpuri films called ‘Aurat Khilona Nahi’. The still was from a scene in which a man forcibly disrobes a woman.
Bhabatosh Chatterjee uploaded the photo on Facebook on July 5, however it appeared to have been pulled down later.
His arrested was announced by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has come under fire from the BJP over the clashes, today at a general press conference.
During his arrest, Kolkata police seized a mobile phone and a laptop. Chatterjee will remain in police custody until July 11.
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