Customs officer 'assaulted' after altercation with autorickshaw driver near Kolkata, 1 held
Kolkata (PTI): A Customs officer was injured when a mob allegedly barged into his residence and beat him up, following a reported altercation with an autorickshaw driver over rash driving in Rajpur area near Kolkata, police said.
One person has been apprehended in connection with the alleged assault on Customs Inspector Pradeep Kumar on Saturday, they said.
Kumar said he had an altercation with the autorickshaw driver after the latter's vehicle dashed against his car.
“Subsequently, a large group of men broke into my flat, beat me up and heckled my wife. As the assault continued, we thought our end was near,” the Customs officer claimed.
Kumar also alleged that police did not arrive on time even after frantic calls for help.
CCTV footage from the flat showed the officer with a bloodied forehead, as household materials lay scattered around.
PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.
A police officer said an investigation into the incident has been launched.
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Trump tells Fox News he's no longer sending Witkoff, Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks
Islamabad (AP): President Donald Trump says he told top US envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that "they can call us anytime they want.”
In a brief phone interview Saturday, Trump told Fox News that he told US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Trump also said of the US side “we have all the cards.”
His comments came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.
