Summary:
Kolkata: Clashes broke out between BJP activists and police on Wednesday, when the saffron party took out a rally here to protest against the spurt in dengue cases. According to police sources, the officers had initially tried to pacify the saffron party activists, asking them to go back. The BJP supporters, in return, threw water bottles and stones at them, prompting police to use water cannon to dispel the crowd, the sources claimed. Several BJP activists were detained during the clashes, the police sources added. As per a government official, 25 people have died of dengue in the state since January..