Calcutta police on Tuesday lodged a case against over 250 Left supporters, including SFI state secretary Srijan Bhattacharya, for allegedly roughing up a policeman at Entally on Monday, a few hours before the body of DYFI leader Maidul Islam Middya, a protester in Thursday’s march, arrived there.
A Bankura resident, Maidul died at a Calcutta nursing home on Monday allegedly of injuries from police beating during the Left rally for jobs.
Hundreds of Left supporters reached the SFI-DYFI office in Entally on Monday. During a heated argument between them and the police, an ASI of Taltala police station, Arunava Dutta, was thrashed.
Updated Dec 22, 2020 | 13:20 IST
The cold spell would stay. The northwesterly wind is still coming in a good pace. But it is expected to retard its speed. Met office in Kolkata negates further fall in temperature now, cold spell to persist | Photo Credit: PTI
Kolkata: The temperature dropped to this season’s lowest in the city yesterday when the minimum temperature fell to 11.4 degrees, four marks below normal on the Celsius scale.
The cold spell will stay, according to the Met office. The northwesterly wind is still coming in a good pace. G.K. Das, director of Regional Meteorological Centre in the city told the Times of India, “But we expect it to retard its speed. The mercury dipping any further is unlikely for now. But the cold spell will continue.”