Bandh peaceful in Cooch Behar

 

COOCH BEHAR, April 21: The bandh passed off peacefully in Cooch Behar today. Shops, markets, banks, schools and colleges and almost all offices including courts were found closed. A few government offices were found running with a meagre staff. A few NBSTC buses were on the roads but no lorries and passenger vehicles of private operators came out. Railway service was unaffected. District Trinamul Congress vice-president Mr Niranjan Dutta claimed that 49 of their supporters were arrested during the day from areas like Mathabhanga, Mekhliganj and Cooch Behar. []