KOLKATA: A mob of around 50, led by an auto driver, stormed a Sonarpur condominium, forced their way into the fourth-floor flat of customs inspector Pradeep Kumar and repeatedly assaulted him and his wife in front of their terrified four-year-old daughter on the night of Oct 23. Minutes before the assault, Kumar was involved in a brawl with the auto driver, Azizul Gazi, after his SUV grazed the three-wheeler while trying to negotiate a Kali Puja immersion procession, police said. Frantic calls from Kumar and other residents of Deeshari Megacity to Sonarpur police station met with a stock response — the cops were busy managing Kali Puja immersion. By the time police came, around 40 minutes later, the rowdies had left. Gazi and three others were arrested. Charged with bailable offences

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