Overview

• Kolkata Police registered seven FIRs under non-bailable sections against BJP MLAs Ashok Dinda and Agnimitra Paul and party leader Kaustav Bagchi for allegedly obstructing officers, assaulting personnel and damaging public property during the Nabanna march
• The RG Kar victim’s mother suffered a head injury and alleges she was baton-charged by police before being initially refused admission at a private hospital
• Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma described the mother’s injury as regrettable and has ordered an independent review of CCTV, drone and body-camera footage
• Police say they have seized video of Ashok Dinda allegedly threatening officers as part of their evidence analysis
• BJP leaders dismiss the FIRs as politically motivated while the TMC denies pressuring hospital staff and accuses the opposition of staging the protest