Two north Calcutta residents who saw the vandalism near minister Shashi Panja’s residence on Saturday said they had never witnessed anything like it in their neighbourhood in decades. One is a 60-year-old man who lives with his elderly parents on the fourth floor of a building adjoining Panja’s house. Some of them headed towards minister Panja’s house next to ours. They started tearing flexes outside the house, shouting in foul language and pelting stones. They started tearing flexes outside minister Panja’s house, shouting slogans and using foul language.

Source: The Telegraph March 16, 2026 06:40 UTC