West Bengal CM speaks to Governor Dhankar over law, order situation at Visva Bharati

Expressing distress over the law and order situation at the Visva Bharati University, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday spoke to state's Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. The conversation between the two happened after Dhankar asserted the situation to be alarming.

Taking to Twitter, Governor Dhankar apprised about his conversation with CM, asserting that the latter assured all possible steps to restore law and order.

Earlier in the day, trouble erupted at the Visva Bharati campus in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Monday as a large number of people ransacked the university's properties protesting the construction of a boundary wall at the Pous Mela ground.

However, prior to this tweet, the Governor had said that the situation of law and order in Visva Bharati is alarming and he is trying to be in touch with CM to secure peace in the temple of learning. He added that the Cabinet Secretary (CS), Home Secretary (HS), District Magistrate (DM), and Superintendent of Police (SP), CM Mamata Banerjee have not responded to call of Visva Bharati.

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Locals bulldoze gate at Visva-Bharati

Trouble erupted at the Visva Bharati campus in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Monday as a large number of people ransacked the university's properties protesting the construction of a boundary wall at the Pous Mela ground. Sources said that university authorities had decided to fence the ground where the 'Pous Mela' annual winter fair is held and construction work started in the morning.

Around 4,000 people assembled near the campus in Santiniketan and then entered ransacking some properties and pulling down one of the university gates using a JCB machine, the sources said. According to sources, Trinamool Congress MLA from Dubrajpur Naresh Bauri was present when the ransacking was taking place. The university authorities refused to comment on the incident.

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(with inputs from ANI)