Day After Terse Note, Home Ministry Team Goes To Bengal To Probe Violence

The central team, led by an additional secretary of the Home Ministry, has left for West Bengal.

A day after Mamata Banerjee's government received a terse warning in a second letter from the centre over the post-poll violence in Bengal, the Union Home Ministry has sent a four-member team to the state to assess the ground situation. The team, led by an additional secretary of the ministry, has left for Bengal. Seeking a detailed report on the violence, the Home Ministry had asked the Bengal government to take necessary measures to stop such incidents "without any loss of time". The letter was sent hours after Ms Banerjee took oath as the Chief Minister for the third straight term. Since the election verdict on Sunday, there have been clashes in parts of Bengal involving both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP. Both parties have traded blame for the violence.