Kolkata Police Wednesday were ready with electric shields to maintain law & order in case situation would have spiraled out of control during BJP's Lal Bazar march, organised against the state government. Carrying the electric shield as a precautionary measure during BJP's protest march against the state government, the instrument would have caused an electric shock to anyone coming in contact with the shield. The shields were installed with a red button, pressing which anybody coming in contact with it would have got an electric shock. These shields have never been used by the police on previous occasions in Kolkata. The decision came at a time when violent clashes broke out between BJP workers and TMC workers in Bengal's North 24 Parganas where 8 people were reportedly killed.

Source: dna June 12, 2019 15:11 UTC