Kolkata journalist attack: Police remand four right-wing group activists to two days' custody

Kolkata: A city court on Thursday remanded four activists of a right-wing group to two days’ police custody in a case of assaulting media persons during a programme held on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_3764929” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP[/caption] Hindu Samhati Mancha president Tapan Ghosh and three others were booked on charges of attempt to murder, causing grievous injury with weapons among others, a Kolkata Police officer said. The journalists were attacked when they tried to talk to a family of 14 members that had apparently converted to Hinduism at the programme organised by the Mancha. Political parties including the BJP condemned the attack on media persons.