15 miscreants attack eatery in Sodepur, 3 arrested

Kolkata: Around 15 miscreants allegedly ransacked a shop near Sodepur Traffic crossing under Khardah police station area after an altercation broke out over buying 'tandoori roti'. When the miscreants tried to flee the area, locals were able to detain three of them. They were later handed over to the police.

According to the locals, two persons came to the shop riding a scooter. They asked the staff for 'tandoori roti'. When the staff of the shop identified as Rajen Yadav told them to wait, they started hurling expletives. Though yadav heard it, he avoided and started preparing the rotis. But the duo kept on hurling expletives at him.

When Yadav protested they allegedly caught him by his collar and slapped him. On seeing their co-worker getting harassed other staff of the shop protested. The owner of the shop, Kamal Das asked them to behave. The duo left the place for the time being.

However, they came back with around 14-15 people armed with sticks and bamboos. They entered the shop and started beating up the staff. When Das tried to resist, he was allegedly hit on his head using a firearm's butt. Hearing screams, other shop owners and pedestrians ran inside the shop. The miscreants tried to flee leaving their scooters. But locals managed to get hold of three persons while the others managed to flee. They were handed over to Khardah police station and were arrested later.