Revealed: How BJP's rath yatra was halted in Bengal

The BJP's Rath Yatra in West Bengal was halted before it could roll out in December apparently because of far-fetched intelligence reports and not tips from the ground as originally claimed, an India Today investigation has found.

The probe found there was hardly any specific intelligence to justify the ban.

In West Bengal's Bankura district, JP Singh, an officer in charge of intelligence watch, confessed that his unit's report was based on diktats from the top.