Overview
- Mallick was punched in the lower abdomen inside his Salt Lake residence on Sunday night after returning home around 9 p.m.
- Security personnel and nearby people overpowered the attacker and handed him to the Bidhannagar police.
- The suspect was identified as Abhishek Das, approximately 30, who told interrogators he lives in Habra and wanted to meet the MLA regarding employment.
- Investigators said the man had been treated at a state-run psychiatric facility and conducted reconnaissance visits to the house earlier in the day.
- Mallick, who represents the Habra constituency, described the episode as a one-off incident as police probe the motive and circumstances.