Kolkata cop killing: TMC leader Md Iqbal arrested

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress councillor Mohammed Iqbal, one of the accused in the sub-inspector murder case in violence in Garden Reach area here last month, was arrested on Thursday from Bihar, officials said. “We have arrested Iqbal from Dehri-on-Sone area near Gaya in Bihar. He was arrested at around 8 pm today. He will be brought to Kolkata tomorrow,” ADG (CID) Sivaji Ghosh said. [caption id=“attachment_652638” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Image courtesy: Ibnlive[/caption] Sub-Inspector Tapas Chowdhury was killed during the violence between Congress and Trinamool supporters near a college in Garden Reach on February 12. The Kolkata Police’s detective department had arrested 12 people along with Sheikh Subhaan who had allegedly fired at Choudhury. After West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan’s strong criticism of the violence and attack by opposition parties, the case was handed to the CID which has already arrested Congress leader Moktar few days back. PTI