Kolkata: Director Siddhant Das rams car into market, 1 dead, 8 injured
Kolkata: A film and television director, Siddhant Das, was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly rammed his car into a crowded market in Kolkata’s Thakurpukur area while under the influence of alcohol, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to eight others.
The incident occurred around 9 a.m. when Das, 35, was reportedly driving from Bakrahat towards Gariahat. Witnesses said he lost control of the vehicle, broke through a barricaded stretch cordoned off for road construction, and drove straight into the market area, hitting hawkers and pedestrians. The car came to a halt after crashing into a parked scooter.
Local residents pulled Das out of the vehicle and thrashed him before police arrived at the scene. He was arrested along with a woman accompanying him in the front seat. Another woman in the backseat managed to flee. Police recovered four bottles of alcohol from the vehicle.
The deceased has been identified as Aminur Rahman, 63, a vegetable vendor. He sustained critical injuries and succumbed at a nearby hospital. Another injured person, 68-year-old Joydeb Majumdar, is said to be in a critical condition. Seven others were given first-aid and discharged the same day.
Several carts and two-wheelers were also damaged in the crash. Police have launched an investigation and are on the lookout for the absconding woman.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
