Close-Up Video Shows Kolkata Police Van Being Set On Fire. "Not Us," Says BJP

Youth Congress chief tweets video that has man in saffron T-shirt starting fire; takes jibe at BJP: "Which party's 'nationalist rioters'...?"

Torching of a police vehicle has become a central point of BJP's protest in Kolkata that turned violent yesterday, with videos showing how it was ransacked, its windshields and windowpanes smashed, and a man lighting the fire up close.  जरा पहचानिये, ये किस पार्टी के 'राष्ट्रवादी दंगाई' पश्चिम बंगाल में पुलिस जीप जला रहे है? pic.twitter.com/9CvctuRgKT मुझे यकीन है कि प्रधानमंत्री इन दंगाइयों के कपड़े, झंडे देखकर इन्हें पहचान लेंगे और दिल से कभी भी माफ नही करेंगे..! pic.twitter.com/mIgL4gP55S It shows that the dictatorial regime is running WB with blatant disregard towards the fundamental rights of citizens. Liberate Police from your clutches @MamataOfficial. Let Policing be impartial. They're also human beings & not slaves to run personal errands for Bua Bhatija.

Youth Congress national chief BS Srinivas tweeted a close-up video, which shows a man in a saffron T-shirt using a cigarette lighter to set fire to a towel kept in the police van. "Just identify, which party's 'nationalist rioters' are burning police jeeps in West Bengal?" he wrote, in Hindi.

He tweeted another video that showed men waving BJP flags and ransacking the police vehicle. In the caption, he took jibes at PM Narendra Modi's past statements: "I am sure the Prime Minister will identify these rioters by their clothes and flags, and, in his heart, will never be able to forgive them."