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Mob attacks police, takes away arrested leader from custody

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Press Trust of India Canning (WB)
A mob mostly comprising women attacked a police team and snatched away a local Trinamool Congress leader who was being arrested at Phumalancha in South 24 Parganas district today.

A senior police officer said Zakir Hussein Sheikh, a local gram panchayat member of Trinamool Congress, was being taken away as there were several cases pending against him when the police force was attacked by villagers.

They beat up the police personnel and damaged the vehicle and snatched away Sheikh

The villagers complained Hussein was wrongly implicated in cases.

Police later conducted raids in the area.

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First Published: Sep 04 2017 | 9:02 PM IST

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