Overview

• Hindol Majumdar was arrested at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport under a look-out circular and placed on transit remand to Kolkata police.
• On August 15, an Alipore court remanded him to police custody until August 18 on charges including wrongful restraint, mischief and damage to public property.
• Kolkata Police presented WhatsApp group chats and social-media posts as proof that Majumdar instigated and financed the March 1 gherao and vandalism of Education Minister Bratya Basu’s car at Jadavpur University.
• His parents and Jadavpur University teachers’ associations dispute the allegations, citing his residency in Spain since November 2023 and questioning the digital evidence and procedures.
• The case highlights ongoing campus tensions over postponed student-union elections, party alignments on campus and the state’s use of cross-border enforcement.