Kolkata, Feb. 10 -- Internet services have been snapped and an assembly of more than four people have been banned in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas after a protest against absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides turns violent, media reports said.

They even clashed with police, turning the situation intense.

Shahjahan's aide Shiboprosad Hazra's house was vandalised, his furniture was set ablaze and his poultry farm in Zelia Khali was also set on fire, reports said.

Police arrested eight people in connection with the vandalisation.

The protesting women have alleged Shahjahan and his aides captured several lands forcefully and sexually harassed them.

"We may have remained hungry but at least ...