Summary:
However, the public and foreign banks were closed after the bandh supporters shut the gates and had put their flags on them. This apart, train services in North 24-Parganas were affected as bandh supporters obstructed train movements. In several places under South Eastern Railways (SER), bandh supporters obstructed normal train movement resulting several trains were stopped at various stations. Bandh supporters allegedly set a police vehicle on fire following which police initiated lathi-charge to disperse the violent mob. Apart from the city, bandh supporters ransacked buses and other vehicles in the districts too..