West Bengal: TET candidates block rail tracks at Barasat, clash with police, commuters
According to reports, a large number of successful TET candidates had jammed rail lines at Barasat Gate No. 12, very close to Barasat railway station, at around 2 pm.
Several trains were stopped at Barasat and nearby stations due to the blockade.
When passengers requested them to withdraw the blockade, agitators allegedly engaged in a scuffle with them.
Later a heavy police force along with Rapid Action Force (RAF), Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RAF) personnel went to the scene and policemen restored to lathicharge to disperse protesters and lifted the blockade at around 5 pm.
A senior official of Eastern Railway said that train service is becoming normal slowly.
"Due to the blockade, train service was disrupted in Sealdah-Hasnabad and Sealdah-Bonagon sections for more than three hours," the official told IBNS.
"After the blockade was lifted, we have resumed the service in those lines, but it would take time, probably few more hours, to become normal completely," the official further said.
Local police officials said that a heavy police force have been deployed to the area as the situation remains tense there.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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