On Friday, an audio clip went viral where a person could be heard talking over a call to another about attacking the protestors. TMC leader Kunal Ghosh posted the audio clip on X, demanding a proper police inquiry. He also alleged that the CPIM and BJP are carrying out a “conspiracy” to tarnish the state government’s image.
On Friday night, the Bidhannagar police commissionerate arrested one Sanjit Das from Garfa of South Kolkata. On Saturday morning, they arrested Kalatan Dasgupta from an agitation at Fierce Lane, according to CPIM members.
Bidhannagar DC Biswajit Ghosh said, “We have verified the audio clip. It is genuine and on the basis of that, we first arrested Sanjit Das. We interrogated him and he confessed about the plotting and conversation with Kalatan. Then we arrested him. We will produce them at court on Saturday and will appeal for 14 days of police custody.”
“We have some other names that we are also investigating, and searching for them as well,” Ghosh added.
Meanwhile, Kalantan Dasgupta said the arrest is a “conspiracy to divide the movement of Justice for Tilottama. This is a baseless allegation.”
CPIM leader and advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said, “Police should have first got Kinal Ghosh in custody and interrogated him. Police claimed one accused had accepted that it was his voice. We have seen how the prime accused in the (R G Kar) rape and murder case has changed his statement. It is possible that using AI, a conspiracy has been hatched to malign the protests.”
BJP leader Samik Bhattacharya said, “I have known Kalatan for years. He can’t do such things. It is another conspiracy of TMC.”
Dasgupta was arrested under sections 224 (threat of injury to any public servant), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 353 (2) (circulating any statement or report containing false information, rumours, or alarming news), 351 (2) (criminal intimidation) and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the BNS.
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