Garden Reach violence: Police remand for 12 accused

The two main accused of Garden Reach violence were today remanded in police custody till February 26. The other 10 accused of yesterday's campus violence that claimed life of a police officer and wounded one critically were also remanded in police custody till February 19. Sk Suhan and Ibon, the two main accused, were arrested yesterday along with 10 others after sub-inspector Tapas Chowdhury was shot dead during a clash between Congress and Trinamool Congress student unions at Hari Mohan Ghosh college during filing of nominations for a college election. A ruling TMC councillor, whose name figured in the FIR lodged by the police has absconded. "We are looking for the TMC councillor who is yet to be traced," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Pallab Kanti Ghosh said, but did not give the name. The name of a Congress supporter, Moktar, also figured in the FIR, Ghosh said. Police Commissioner R K Pachnanda handed over a cheque of Rs 2 lakh to the SI's widow Minati at her Thakurpukur residence during the day and assured of providing a job to her daughter Tanushree. "We will also take care of her son's studies," Pachnanda said after meeting Minati. Urban Development Minister, Firad Hakim, meanwhile, denied the allegation of nexus with an anti-social in Garden Reach. "I don't have any nexus with any anti-social in the area," Hakim said. MORE