While the authors did not blame the USAID cuts for the increase in violence, they said the findings demonstrate that "large-scale, sudden aid cuts can destabilize fragile settings."
Mamata alleged that the police remained passive during the series of violent incidents in West Bengal, following the announcement of the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections.
The Goghat unit of the BJP said none of its workers was involved, and panchayat worker was either killed due to personal enmity or by his own rival party faction.
As tension escalated in Almaspet, Kadapa police conducted a lathi-charge after members of two communities allegedly began pelting stones at each other.
