Following the resumption of suburban train services in Kolkata, a significant number of vendors brought vegetables in the vendors’ compartments to the city.
A Calcuttan widely known for his frequent public interest litigation (PIL) petitions died of Covid on Wednesday.
Kamal Dey, 53, lived with his mother at their Thakurpukur home.
On Wednesday, the elderly woman was found stooped over his lifeless body. Neighbours called police after they realised what had happened.
Dey’s mother is Covid positive too. The police have admitted Durga Rani Devi to MR Bangur Hospital.
Some of Dey’s PILs led to court orders with long-term implications.
In 2016, Dey had filed a PIL in Calcutta High Court complaining about the flab on tummies of policemen. Dey had attached 18 photographs of policemen with round tummies in his petition where he argued that according to the Police Act 1861, if a cop was found unfit, he or she could be suspended or even sacked.