The match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled. Kolkata’s Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate said that this decision was taken in view of the possibility of protests against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College. According to the police, it was planned that the protesters would protest in the stadium even during the match. This step has been taken as a precaution to avoid any untoward incident.
According to Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, BNSS Section 163 was implemented outside Yuva Bharti Stadium. Despite this, the protesters started gathering near the stadium. Seeing this, the police tried to stop the protesters. After this, a scuffle started from both sides. The police tried to remove the protesters from there. During this, lathi charge was also done.
The protesters present there questioned the police that if the match has been cancelled due to security reasons, then why was so much police deployed to stop the protest? Outside the Yuva Bharti Stadium, supporters of both the teams were seen carrying flags of their respective clubs. The special thing was that the supporters of both the teams were singing in the same tune during the protest.