Kolkata, Nov. 11 -- Tension gripped the New Alipore area on Tuesday after a mob of nearly 50 people stormed the police station and assaulted on-duty cops. Police reportedly resorted to a mild lathi-charge to disperse the violent crowd and have arrested five individuals in connection with the incident and a related molestation case.
According to sources, the chain of events began around 12:15 am on Monday near Durgapur Bridge, where a 24-year-old woman was allegedly molested by three men. Hearing her cries for help, local residents and the woman's brother rushed to the spot and managed to catch one of the accused, identified as Jai Kumar Kamath, who was taken into custody by police later. The situation escalated at approximately 2 am when the survivor arrived at the New Alipore Police Station (PS) to lodge a formal complaint, accompanied by a crowd of around 50 people and demanded that the detained suspect be handed over to them for mob justice. It is alleged that the crowd forcefully breached the station gates, vandalised property, and physically assaulted several on-duty personnel. To bring the situation under control, police carried out a mild lathicharge.
Four men involved in the attack on the police station were arrested.
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