Kolkata: A BJP worker was allegedly assaulted and robbed at gunpoint in Behala’s Charaktala on Tuesday night, triggering tension ahead of the civic polls.
Mayukh Mukhopadhyay, a potential BJP candidate, suffered head and neck injuries after three to four attackers allegedly intercepted him around 8.30 pm, beat him with a firearm’s butt and snatched his valuables.
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Sardar was produced before Alipore court on Wednesday and remanded in police custody.