After the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress leaders are now leading a march in West Bengal's Birbhum. They have broken police barricades at entry points to the village where restrictions have been imposed after three people were killed in clashes on Monday.

Yesterday, BJP leaders including Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi  were arrested after tried to enter the Majra village -- the site of clashes between alleged supporters of the BJP and the state's ruling Trinamool Congress -- where prohibitory orders are in place.

One BJP and two Trinamool supporters died and nearly a dozen were injured on Monday during clashes in which bombs and guns were fired.

Footage showed armed assailants running through paddy fields and firing guns indiscriminately. Several people suffered bullet injuries; many houses were also set on fire.

The area had been tense since last week, when a police party was attacked with bombs, sticks and bricks at a nearby village. The police team had gone there following reports of bombs hidden at a health centre.