Overview
- Police said nine suspects were picked up after CCTV review, with four detained in Baranagar on Saturday night and five more on Sunday morning.
- Sources said at least eight of those arrested are BJP activists who traveled by bus from Baranagar to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally, and several were filmed pelting stones at Panja’s residence.
- The accused were remanded to police custody until March 20 as investigators continued raids to identify others seen in video footage.
- Kolkata Police registered a suo motu case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order Act, and both TMC and BJP filed counter-complaints.
- Police reported eight personnel injured while controlling the clashes, with two still hospitalized, and BJP workers protested the arrests outside Baranagar Police Station.