Kolkata: A youth was arrested for allegedly vandalising the office of the state Law minister Moloy Ghatak at his residence in Asansol on Wednesday afternoon.
According to sources, around 4:35 pm on Wednesday a youth suddenly entered the office situated on the ground floor of Ghatak’s residence at Apcar Garden of Asansol. It is alleged that the youth was carrying a stone using which he broke the glass on the table and was also screaming. The house guards of the minister were able to catch him before the accused could enter the main portion of the house.
At that moment Moloy was not there. His wife Sudeshna Ghatak was upstairs. She came down after hearing the chaos. After a while of the incident, cops from Asansol South police station and senior officers of the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate including the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Central, Dhruba Das visited the minister’s residence for investigation.
During preliminary interrogation, the youth reportedly claimed that he came on his own, nobody sent him for any purpose. However, the youth did not divulge anything about his motive. Police are grilling him to find out the cause behind the attack.