Rowdy revellers thrash home guard

Kolkata: A group of revellers on Monday dragged a Kolkata Police home guard personnel out of a bus and assaulted him brutally with bricks and bamboos after he protested against their misbehavior. Two of the youths have been arrested while the remaining four are absconding.

Around 2.45 pm on Monday, Biswanath Sardar, who lives at Ramkrishnapur, got off a local train at the Park Circus station and boarded a state bus of the C-23 route. The bus was relatively empty and he took a seat in the rear. Six youths, who boarded the bus at Park Circus, started moving around clicking selfies.

“According to what Sardar told us, the youths began climbing up on the seats to click selfies in various poses, disturbing other passengers. They were also abusing each other. Sardar protested when the driver applied brakes and one of the youths fell on him. The youths started slapping him and forced the driver to stop. They then dragged Sardar out and pushed him to the ground before assaulting him with whatever they could lay their hands on. Finally, locals intervened and alerted a police sergeant. When more policemen arrived, the youths attempted to flee but Akhtar Alam (19) and Md Irfan (22) were nabbed,” a police officer from the Topsia police station said. The two have been charged with attempt to murder and committing a crime with common intention.

Sardar is posted at the Pragati Maidan police station on EM Bypass.