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Two Held After Calcutta University Students Beaten, Branded 'Bangladeshi' Near Sealdah

Investigators say more suspects are being tracked following the hostel boarders’ assault.

According to the student, the shopkeeper at the Sealdah market hurled abuses and called him a “Bangladeshi”,
The students subsequently lodged a written complaint at Muchipara police station and staged a protest outside.
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Overview

  • Four students from Carmichael Hostel were injured after an argument over a mobile cover under the Sealdah bridge escalated, according to their complaint.
  • Victims say hawkers demanded they speak Hindi and attacked them with rods, hockey sticks and knives before the group was treated at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital.
  • Kolkata Police registered the Muchipara case and arrested Dipak Kr Shaw, 29, and Imtiaz Ali, 35, both from Narkeldanga, with a search on for others.
  • The two accused were produced in Bankshall Court and remanded in police custody until August 26, according to multiple reports.
  • Calcutta University’s registrar met hostel representatives for a report and may file a separate complaint as student groups and TMC figures denounce the episode as ethnic profiling.