BJYM workers scuffle with police in protest rally, 45 held

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists Thursday scuffled with the police and 45 of them were arrested during a rally here to protest "question paper leak" in the ongoing Madhyamik examination.

Images of question papers were found circulated on social media shortly after commencing of the tests in six of the seven previous days of the class 10 school leaving examination conducted by the state board.

The arrested BJYM workers who included four women were sent to the central lock up at Lalbazar, the headquarters of the Kolkata Police, a senior officer said.

The BJYM, the youth wing of the BJP, organised the rally from the state BJP party office to College Street.

Carrying posters demanding resignation of Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, BJYM activists shouted slogans against the Trinamool Congress government in the state.

After the rally reached College Street, the procession was stopped by the police who had put up barricades there.

The police initially asked them to leave, but soon a scuffle broke out between the two sides and policemen used force to disperse them, the officer said.

The police also arrested 45 of the protestors including BJYM state president Debjit Sarkar.

The education minister had earlier said a question paper was considered leaked when it comes out before the commencement of the examination, and not after.