Will skin you alive: Babul

In yet another incident of communal flare-up in Bihar, scores of vehicles were on Friday vandalised and a hotel was set ablaze in this district, where members of two communities clashed following reports of desecration of an idol, an official said.

Trouble erupted in Godapur village under the Town police station area, where an idol was found vandalised, following which the members of two communities indulged in heavy stonepelting, District Magistrate Kaushal Kumar said.

He added that an enraged mob also went on a rampage on National Highway 31, hurling stones at the vehicles and leaving scores of them damaged.

The police fired 10 rounds in the air to quell the mob that also allegedly manhandled a number of local journalists, who had gone to the spot to cover the incident.

Meanwhile, A BJP delegation will visit riot-hit Raniganj area in West Bengal this week and submit their report to party president Amit Shah, a senior state BJP official said. The delegation will visit riot-hit areas of Raniganj and talk to victims. They will submit their report on the ground reality to Shah, state BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu said.

Union Minister Babul Supriyo and West Bengal BJP Mahila Morcha president Locket Chatterjee were on Thursday stopped by police from entering the Asansol-Raniganj area. Supriyo had allegedly threatened to “skin” some people who shouted slogans against him. When a person told him to “go back”, Supriyo was heard shouting, “Chamra guthiye debo ekdom… (Will skin them alive).”