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Rs 25 lakh and a warning: Bengal's stampede response runs into a fight over bookstalls and 'fake' posts
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari handed Rs 25 lakh cheques to families of the Chorbagan Durga Puja stampede victims, warned of action over 'fake' posts traced to Bangladesh, and told Left parties to sell books from their offices rather than outside pandals.
BJP distances itself as Left bookstall vandalism row deepens in Bengal
With Left parties alleging that their Durga Puja bookstalls were vandalised or blocked across West Bengal, BJP leaders, including Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta, have condemned the attacks and denied party involvement, while the Calcutta High Court dismissed a CPI(M) plea over a Jadavpur stall.
Retired judge, not a sitting one, to head stampede inquiry: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court has told the West Bengal government to set up a commission of inquiry headed by a retired judge into the Chorbagan stampede, rejecting the state's plan for a sitting judge.