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Mob attacks ex-TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh outside Kolkata police station
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was mobbed with eggs, sticks, kicks, and slaps outside Khardah police station in Kolkata on Friday while being escorted to Barrackpore Court. He was arrested a…
The Story in Brief
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was mobbed with eggs, sticks, kicks, and slaps outside Khardah police station in Kolkata on Friday while being escorted to Barrackpore Court. He was arrested a day earlier from Odisha for his alleged role in the hurried cremation of the RG Kar rape and murder victim's body. Police sent him to eight days' custody. A close aide, former councillor Sanjib Mukherjee, was also attacked.
The attack is part of a series of mob assaults on TMC leaders since the BJP won the 2026 Assembly elections. TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee have also been targeted. TMC blames the BJP, which denies the charge. The Calcutta High Court has questioned the state administration's inability to protect leaders.
The Indian Opinion
The attack on Nirmal Ghosh is being framed by TMC as a partisan conspiracy and by BJP as justified public outrage, one-sided narratives that ignore the deeper rot. The mob is not a substitute for the judiciary, yet the police's failure to protect an accused signals a breakdown in basic law and order, whoever is in power. The Calcutta High Court has already flagged this. A concrete question remains: will the police charge the attackers under the IPC, or will this be another instance of selective justice?
Sources (2): thehindu.com, odishatv.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
