KOLKATA: A young man was killed after being allegedly attacked with a pair of scissors during the Jagadharthi Puja immersion procession in the eastern part of Chingrighata, Kolkata, over a dispute related to playing music, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred late on Saturday night, prompting a mob to seize the accused from police custody on Sunday morning. The mob proceeded to assault the accused and staged a protest on the EM Bypass near Chingrighata crossing. Sujit Bose, the local MLA and state Fire Services minister, rushed to the scene and calmed the protesters.
