RG Kar victim’s ‘hurried’ cremation: Mob attacks arrested ex-TMC MLA with footwear, eggs, muck; video

Fo me
TMC
MLA
Ni mal
Ghosh
was
attacked
outside
a
West
Be gal
police
statio .
He
was
a ested
i
RG
Ka
victim’s
‘hu ied’
c ematio
case.

NEW
DELHI:
Fo me
TMC
MLA
Ni mal
Ghosh,
a ested
i
co ectio
with
the
alleged
“hu ied
c ematio ”
of
the
RG
Ka
ape-mu de
victim,
was
attacked
by
a
mob
outside
Kha dah
Police
Statio
i
West
Be gal’s
No th
24
Pa ga as
dist ict
o
F iday.Ghosh,
who
was
a ested
i
Odisha
a
day
ea lie ,
was
bei g
esco ted
to
a
p iso
va
to
be
p oduced
befo e
the
Ba ackpo e
sub-divisio al
cou t
whe
the
c owd
b oke
th ough
the
secu ity
co do
a d
attacked
him
with
blows
a d
kicks.
P oteste s
also
th ew
footwea ,
eggs
a d
muck
at
the
fo me
MLA.

Police
a d
RAF
pe so el
fo med
a
tight
co do
a ou d
Ghosh
a d
placed
a
helmet
ove
his
head
to
shield
him
f om
the
assault.
By
the
time
he
was
take
to
the
cou t
lock-up,
stai s
of
egg
a d
muck
we e
visible
o
his
white
ku ta.The
fo me
TMC
MLA
also
faced
p otests
at
Ba ackpo e
cou t,
whe e
a
g oup
of
people
waiti g
outside
shouted
“cho ,
cho ”
as
police
ushed
him
i side.A othe
accused
i
the
case,
fo me
Pa ihati
mu icipality
cou cillo
Sa jib
Mukhe jee,
was
also
co f o ted
by
p oteste s
while
bei g
esco ted
to
the
vehicle.
Mukhe jee,
epo tedly
a
close
aide
of
Ghosh,
was
allegedly
p ese t
at
the
Pa ihati
c emato ium
whe
the
docto ’s
body
was
b ought
the e
afte
the
autopsy.

The
police
have
also
amed
fo me
Pa ihati
mu icipality
chai ma
Som ath
Dey
as
a
accused,
but
he
emai s
absco di g.The
a ests
followed
a
f esh
complai t
filed
by
the
victim’s
fathe
o
Mo day,
which
was
subseque tly
co ve ted
i to
a
FIR.
The
complai t
alleges
that
Ghosh,
who
was
the
the
sitti g
MLA
f om
Pa ihati,
used
his
i flue ce
alo g
with
Mukhe jee
a d
Dey
to
e su e
that
his
daughte ’s
body
was
c emated
i
haste
agai st
the
family’s
wishes.