BJP leader arrested for asking people to attack cops

KOLKATA: A BJP leader who compared police personnel with dogs and urged people to attack them, has been arrested in West Bengal's Islampur. His statement came four days after two boys were shot dead in clashes in the state. “Tie police to the trees and beat them. Give water to dogs but not to policemen. Take a dead dog to the hospital but not the kith and kin of policemen if they are injured in an accident,” North Dinajpur party chief Shankar Chakrabarty said at a public meeting. Anuj Sharma, ADGP, West Bengal, said, “We watched a BJP leader on television instigate the public, telling them to hang policemen from trees- murder them. You can't say anything you want in a democracy just because you have a mic in hand. He is provoking the public to start riots, and that is something we cannot tolerate.”