Bengal school teacher tied up, dragged and locked inside house
Balurghat: A high school teacher was tied up, dragged for some distance, and locked inside a house by alleged Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters in a bid to acquire her land forcibly for a village road in West Bengals South Dinajpur district, police said on Monday.
The woman identified as BJP supporter Smritikana Das, her mother and other family members were also assaulted by the group, led by panchayat members, at Nandanpur in Gangarampur block, the police said.
So far nobody has been arrested in connection with the incident that took place on Friday.
A video grab of the purported attack showed Nandanpur panchayat 'upa-pradhan' (deputy chief) Amal Sarkar and some others involved in the act, the police said.
The TMC district leadership on Sunday expelled Sarkar for his alleged involvement in the incident, party sources said.
The video showed that the teacher fell down on the road when the attackers tied her hands and legs, and dragged her for nearly 30ft while raining blows on her.
The attackers then locked her up at a house belonging to a TMC block level worker. Her sister, Soma, was also beaten up by the attackers when she went to Smritikana's rescue.
The teacher, who was discharged from a local hospital after preliminary treatment, lodged a complaint against Sarkar and four TMC supporters at Gangarampur police station, a police officer said.
"We are probing the incident and also talking to eye- witnesses," he said.
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Absconding accused with 35 warrants held at Mangaluru airport
Mangaluru: A man against whom 35 arrest warrants had been issued for failing to appear before court was arrested at Mangaluru International Airport upon his arrival from abroad.
The accused, identified as Abbas G, a resident of Peruvai in Bantwal, was wanted in connection with a case registered at Vital Police Station under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 504 (provoke with intention of breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt using weapons), and 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
Abbas had repeatedly failed to appear before the court for trial and had been absconding abroad for a prolonged period.
Acting on specific information about his return, immigration authorities alerted the police, following which a team from Vital Police Station apprehended him at the airport.
The operation was carried out by Head Constable Mohan and Police Constables Venkappa.
He was subsequently produced before the jurisdictional court, which remanded him in judicial custody.
