India, July 26 -- A man has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and lighting a cigarette from the flames during a protest in Kolkata against the alleged NEET question paper leak, police said on Sunday, July 26.

The man, identified as Soumik Chattopadhyay, is a resident of Badu in Barasat police station area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

The incident took place on Friday, July 24, ahead of a protest march from Sealdah to Esplanade in Kolkata. The march was organised by various Left-affiliated student organisations demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged NEET question paper leak.

A photograph purportedly showing the accus...