Youths held for assault of cop

Kolkata: Two youths were arrested for allegedly assaulting a ticket inspector of West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) and a police officer on Friday morning at Karunamoyee in Salt Lake. The youths were later arrested and were remanded to judicial custody till August 22 after they were produced before the Bidhannagar Court.

According to police, two siblings, identified as Arijit Gupta and Soumyajit Gupta, were travelling in a bus from S-9 route on Friday morning. During the journey, a ticket inspector of WBTC, identified as Narayan Chandra Guha, boarded the bus and was checking tickets of the passengers. When he asked the duo to show their tickets, the duo stated that they haven't purchased any tickets. When Guha asked them to purchase the tickets immediately Arijit and Soumyajit refused and used filthy languages at Guha.

However, Guha remained silent till the bus arrived at Karunamoyee bus terminus. There he told the duo that not purchasing a valid journey ticket would attract fine. Hearing this again the duo used abusive words.

This time, when Guha protested he was allegedly assaulted by the siblings.Immediately they were detained and Bidhannagar North police station was informed. After a few minutes, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of police identified as Arunava Pan reached the spot and intervened.

After hearing about the situation, he reportedly asked the duo to pay the fine and leave. Hearing this the youths went furious and assaulted Pan with fists and blows.

As a result, Pan suffered serious injuries and was rushed to Bidhannagar Sub Divisional Hospital where he was treated and discharged. Later, Guha lodged a complaint and the duo was arrested on charges of obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions, voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty and assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.