Updated On: 03 September, 2023 09:20 AM IST | Kolkata | Agencies
The deceased, arrested on charges of abducting a minor girl, was in judicial custody

The agitating people also brawled with the police who tried to disperse them. Representation Pic
Panchla in Kolkata turned into a virtual battlefield on Saturday following protests by the local people over the alleged custodial death of a youth at West Bengal’s Howrah district correctional home.
Somnath Sardar allegedly died in custody. The agitating local people also got engaged in a brawl with the police personnel who tried to disperse the crowd protesting. The police had to resort to massive lathicharge to bring the situation under control.