Assault for subscription refusal

The president of a traders’ organisation in Picnic Garden was allegedly assaulted on Friday after he turned down a demand from a Kali puja committee that the association pay Rs 5,001 as subscription.

The traders lodged a complaint against the puja committee with Tiljala police station.

Gobinda De, the president of Picnic Garden Apon Samity, wrote in his complaint that two committee members, known to be Trinamul activists, came to him on Friday and demanded Rs 5,001 from the organisation for a puja on CN Roy Road.

“One of them was Lalu Bose. I told them that we can’t pay the amount and pointed out that the organisation had paid Rs 1,001 last year. Our association has 75 members, mostly grocers and owners of garment shops.”

The 57-year-old alleged that his refusal prompted Lalu and his associate to pull him by his collar and beat him up.

“I never thought of being humiliated like this. They are of my son’s age and yet they did not hesitate to assault me,” De said.

“The accused are absconding. We are trying to track them down,” said an officer of Tiljala police station.

The above is from the Telegraph.

Whether any industrialist fall over each other to come to Bengal is a secondary question.

However, one industry is doing roaring business under our Maa, Maati Manosh Chief Minister who promised to bring about Poribortan.

The industry of extortion and rape.

Whether it is Barasat, Haldia, Hoogly or Kolkata, everyday we see these industries working overtime in our morning papers.