Police eventually resorted to lathi charge to disperse the mob while the district administration imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), a provision that prohibits gathering of more than five people. (@BJP4Bengal/X)

By Express News Service

A TOTAL of 15 people were arrested after two groups clashed over an “objectionable” message on a digital display board at a temporary gate at Beldanga in Murshidabad on Saturday, prompting the authorities to clamp prohibitory orders in the area, police said Sunday. Internet services were suspended in the affected area, police said.

A few people suffered minor injuries during the clash that occurred after the message on the display board on a gate set up near a Kartik Puja pandal was spotted by members of one of the groups, a police officer said.

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