Jadavpur University alumnus Hindol Mazumdar detained at Delhi airport: Lookout circular issued in education minister convoy attack; Kolkata police to take custody

KOLKATA: A former student of Jadavpur University, Hindol Mazumdar, now pursuing his PhD in Spain, was detained at the Delhi airport on Wednesday due to a lookout circular issued against him for his alleged involvement in the attack on the convoy of education minister Bratya Basu at the JU campus in March.The Delhi Police detained him at 10.30am upon his arrival.Mazumdar was a student in pharmaceutical technology at JU and is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Granada. He was in Spain during the attack on Basu's convoy at JU. He last visited Kolkata in Nov 2024. A senior police officer said, "Hindol, and two others, all based abroad, were involved in funding people who were part of the incident. A Kolkata Police team will leave for Delhi immediately to speak to him."Hindol's parents are both retired professors from JU. His father, Chandan Majumdar, said, "An FIR was supposedly filed against my son after the incident with Bratya Basu. Following this, a lookout notice was issued. Delhi Police informed that Hindol was arrested based on that allegation. He will then be handed over to the Kolkata Police."Hindol had received a notice on March 16 prompting him to mail the police, saying, "Since Nov 2023, I have been living in Spain, and working towards my doctoral thesis under the EU Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Fellowship. On March 1, 2025, I was in Spain and, therefore, the question of my presence in Jadavpur or Kolkata on the material day does not and cannot arise at all."The Calcutta High Court had, on March 8, questioned the police about how a minister's convoy was attacked. This had prompted the Bengal govt to upgrade Basu's security to Z category.Mazumdar was a student in pharmaceutical technology at JU and is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Granada. He was in Spain during the attack on Basu's convoy at JU.