CPI(M) Leader Arrested Over Alleged Conspiracy Against Junior Doctors

CPI(M) leader Kalatan Dasgupta, along with another individual, was arrested for allegedly planning an attack on protesting junior doctors. Police actions followed the release of an audio clip by TMC leader Kunal Ghosh, which suggested a plot to discredit the Mamata Banerjee government.

CPI(M) leader Kalatan Dasgupta was among two individuals arrested for allegedly conspiring to attack protesting junior doctors, police announced on Saturday.

The arrests came after TMC leader Kunal Ghosh released an audio clip purportedly revealing a plan to undermine the Mamata Banerjee government by targeting the protesters outside Swashtya Bhawan in Salt Lake.

Following the release of the clip on Friday, police registered a suo motu case and arrested Dasgupta from the protest site in Sector 5 and another individual, Sanjiv Das, from South Kolkata's Haltu.

The protesting medics, who have been stationed outside the state Health Department's headquarters since Tuesday, are demanding improved security at state-run hospitals and the removal of top officials after a recent incident involving the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

(With inputs from agencies.)