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Bengal Durga Puja Ruckus: Arjun Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former MP, claimed the Durga Puja pandal organised by his family outside his home has been attacked by 'jehadis' (miscreants) in Bhatpara in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on midnight on Monday. However, police said no shots were fired or crude bombs were hurled, adding that an investigation was underway.

He alleged that shots were fired, crude bombs were hurled, and a car was vandalised outside his house in the presence of policemen in Bhatpara. Singh said the incident happened around midnight, leaving the area engulfed in smoke.

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The BJP leader shared an X post with a video clip showing a few people causing chaos. He tweeted, "This is the situation of law and order in Jagatdal and throughout the state, courtesy @MamataOfficial."

"Last night, some jehadis entered a Durga Puja pandal and started kicking here and there, creating a ruckus. About 3-4 Policemen present there tried to convince them to move away from there but the jehadis didn’t care. This Durga Puja is organised by our family for decades," his tweet read.

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Three Round Shots Fired: Singh

Singh claimed that after hearing the noise, he stepped out from his house, they started fleeing from the spots by firing 3 rounds of bullets and hurled a bomb at an under-construction temple some feet away from his office cum residence, but that bomb didn’t explode.

"It all happened in presence of the Policemen who can be seen taking shelter for their safety. The @AITCofficial-backed criminals don’t care about the @WBPolice as they treat them as their associates. During the Durgapuja, when all the Sanatanis are busy in festivities, these Jehadis attacked the temple. The @bkpcitypolice is just a mere spectator, has reduced itself as a political stooge of the ruling dispensation," his X post read.

He urged the administration to take urgent steps to arrest the culprits,sayibg the inaction of the administration can create disturbances in the area.

Meanwhile, TMC's Jagaddal MLA Somenath Shyam Ichini refuted the allegations, claiming that Singh himself was responsible for violence in the area.

(With PTI inputs)