Kolkata: Two cops and two civic volunteers were beaten up while trying to separate two groups of puja organisers from Patipukur who clashed at Dakshindari Devi Ghat in Lake Town.
Cops said the two groups were aiming crackers at each other and fighting over who would get to immerse idol first. When cops tried to separate them, the men turned the assault on them.
Three were arrested after a suo motu case was filed. The police identified them as Lokenath Ghosh, Ravi Thakur and Deep Paik.