Sources in the army headquarters in Kolkata said that two columns of the army staged a flag march in areas which witnessed violence.
Emerging from a high-level meeting with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, West Bengal Home secretary P R Roy said that the government had asked for six columns of army to be deployed in the city.
Roy said that the army would work in tandem with the state police and stage flag marches in areas in central Kolkata.
Image: Angry crowd pelts stones at securitymen.
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