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A bust of Jana Sangh leader Syama Prasad Mookerjee was damaged and blackened in South Kolkata this morning. Six people, including a woman, who claimed to be students of Jadavpur University and members of an ultra-Left group, have been arrested in this connection. The incident took place around 8 am near Keoratolla crematorium. The accused used a hammer and a chisel to damage parts of the bust and then blackened it. They also chanted slogans against the razing of Lenin’s statue in Tripura. A poster signed ‘RADICAL’, which is the name of an ultra-Left student outfit, was placed next to the bust. “Our chief minister has already said we will not tolerate vandalism of statues. It is a shameful act. We are happy that the miscreants have been arrested. Locals alerted the police. We will not allow such things to happen in Bengal. This is not in our culture. We condemn what happened in Tripura and we also condemn what happened here,” said Shovondeb Chatterjee, Trinamool Congress MLA, who visited the spot soon after. An officer of the Kolkata Police said the accused are being interrogated.Police and eyewitnesses said around 8am, a group of six students, including a woman, arrived near Mookerjee’s statue adjacent to the Keoratala crematorium, and damaged it. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)

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