(Aditya Shaw, Intern Journalist): Members of the Sikh community took out a protest rally in Kolkata against the alleged beating and pulling of a turban by a police Sikh man during a BJP demonstration at the state secretariat in Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal.
The protesters took out a rally on Friday night on October 8 over the incident that happened to a 43-year-old Sikh man, Balwinder Singh, and demanded an explanation from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, shouting slogans in Bengali. Police had found a pistol loaded with bullets from Singh during the BJP’s march on October 8. The protesters shouted slogans on Central Avenue near Esplanade crossing, saying, ‘Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tell me why your police pulled the turban of a Sikh man? You give reasons or leave the chief minister’s chair.
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