Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh, arrested in connection with the alleged hurried cremation of the RG Kar hospital rape-murder victim, was attacked by a mob outside Khardah Police Station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday.
Ghosh was being escorted to a prison van by security personnel when the crowd surrounded him and began hitting and kicking him, PTI reported. A similar attack was reported against another accused, former Panihati municipality councillor Sanjib Mukherjee, as police escorted him towards the vehicle taking him to court. Despite a heavy police and Rapid Action Force presence, protesters hurled footwear, eggs and muck at the former MLA. Police personnel placed a helmet over his head to shield him from the assault. Ghosh was later taken to Barrackpore sub-divisional court for production. Stains of eggs and muck were visible on his white outfit. Mukherjee, considered a close aide of Ghosh, was allegedly present at the Panihati crematorium when the doctor’s body was brought there after the autopsy. Youth leader Soumitra Banerjee was pelted with eggs while being taken to court in June, while MLA Kunal Ghosh was targeted outside Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence. MP Mahua Moitra also alleged that eggs and stones were hurled at a venue where she was meeting party workers.
Another group waiting outside the court shouted “chor, chor” as police rushed him into the court lock-up. The third accused, former Panihati municipality chairman Somnath Dey, remains absconding, police said. He was arrested on Thursday.
