Several student organisations demonstrated in Kolkata on Friday, backed by the Kakaroch Janata Party, to protest alleged question paper leaks in India. Police and security forces used batons and fired tear-gas shells to disperse protesters at Dorina Crossing in the Dharmatala, Esplanade area, according to a senior official cited in the report.

Protesters blocked the Dorina Crossing area and were reported to have thrown shoes and water bottles at police personnel on duty. Police were unable to fully remove the demonstrators from the area despite the baton charge and tear-gas firing, and the protesters continued their demonstration.

Police said a section of the protesters identified themselves as supporters of the Kakaroch Janata Party. According to the police account, they had cancelled their own gathering after failing to obtain permission for a separate protest march. The group later joined left-wing workers at the tail end of the procession in Dharmatala, police said.