An assistant teacher of a government school and one of the lead faces of the Kurmi movement in West Bengal, who was transferred overnight, has now been arrested by the state police on charges of his involvement in attack on the convoy Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
Abhishek Banerjee on Friday gave out details of the attack on West Bengal minister Birbaha Hansda's vehicle and said some people created a barbaric atmosphere and attacked the convoy. He also accused the BJP and said miscreants from the party disguised as Kurmi community members staged the attack.
Four people were arrested on Saturday in connection with the attack on senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's convoy, in which state minister Birbaha Hansda's vehicle was vandalised, police said.