Overview
- CCTV footage shows a motorcycle-borne assailant hurling liquor bottles and damaging window panes at Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya’s Purbalok home in South Kolkata early on Thursday.
- West Bengal Police arrested 29-year-old Bappa Guchait from Narendrapur after identifying him from the footage and seized the motorcycle and other evidence while questioning him about other possible participants.
- Bhattacharya publicly blamed “Hindutvawadi” attackers on social media and lodged a complaint, and police registered an FIR against the person arrested for property damage and related offences.
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari condemned Bhattacharya’s wording, gave a 24-hour deadline to remove the post, and has directed police to file FIRs against Bhattacharya for allegedly insulting religious sentiments.
- A photograph of the arrested man wearing a Trinamool Congress scarf has circulated online but police have not authenticated it, and officials say the probe will determine motive, affiliations and any wider links to the RG Kar controversy.