Siliguri,17th March: Siliguri police station has arrested a total of four people so far on charges of attacking the Deputy Mayor. The police have all four accused from Tumal Para of Ward No. 4. The accused have been identified as Dibyendu Das, Vijay Sharma, Sudhakar Choudhary, and Vishal Nandi.
As per reports, Deputy Mayor Ranjan Sarkar was on his way to a nursing home in the Pradhan Nagar area on Saturday evening when some youths stopped his vehicle on Hill Cart Road, attacked him, and allegedly threatened to kill him.
Upon being threatened, the Deputy Mayor verbally informed the police on Saturday, after which he went to Siliguri police station on Sunday and lodged a written complaint.
While investigating the case on the basis of the complaint, the police first arrested two youths named Dibyendu Das and Vijay Sharma from Tumal Para of Ward No. 4.
Later, after interrogating both of them, Sudhakar Choudhary and Vishal Nandi were arrested on Sunday. On Monday, all the accused will be produced at Siliguri court. Further investigations on the entire incident is underway.