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C M Y K C M Y K 13 EBRUARY WEDNESDAY We support the use of 2013 recycled newsprint KOLKATA NEW DELHI SILIGURI BHUBANESWAR LC 12+4 Rs 2.50 website: www.thestatesman.net | | | | email: [email protected] Industrial output down NEW DELHI, 12 EB: Even as industrial output contracted by 0.6 per cent in December, the COP SHOT IN CAMPUS VIOLENCE second consecutive month of decline, retail inflation remained in double digits at 10.79 per cent in January, driven by higher prices of vegetables, edible oil, cereals and protein-based items. sns (details on page 9) Lepcha council KOLKATA, 12 EB: The state ba- ckward classes department to- day issued a resolution for sett- ing up a Mayel Lyang Lepcha Development Council, for the de- velopment of the Lepchas. und- er its administrative control. sns details on page 13 Wrestling dropped LAUSANNE, 12 EB: IOC offici- als dropped wrestling from the Olympic programme today, re- moving one of the oldest Olym- pic sports from the 2020 Gam- es. India had won two wrestling medals, a silver and a bronze, in the London Games. pti details on page 11 A meaty solution LAHORE, 12 EB: The Pakistan team management in South Afr- ica has been reduced to offering After the violence near the college in the Garden Reach area; (Right) The slain police officer. (Below) The son of the deceased officer. On Tuesday. dilip dutta & anup bhattacharya what is called sadqa to Cape To- wn's poverty-stricken Muslims statesman news service Garden Reach this evening. Local people had caught Ibne The gunshots were followed by the throwing of Part-11 test exams supposed to be held today. The col- after injuries hit some players when he tried to flee after firing in the air, but alleged bombs. Both sides reportedly fired at each other. Police lege management, meanwhile, refused to link the blood- ahead of the second Test at Ne- KOLKATA/MALDA, 12 EB: A sub-inspector of Kolkata associates of state minister irhad Hakim took him away. reinforcements rushed to the site to bring the situation shed with the forthcoming polls. wlands. Pakistan lost the first Te- Police's special branch was killed and four people were Ibne is the brother of Idris Ali, who had killed Vinod under control. The incident happened outside the college involving st in Johannesburg. Opener Nas- injured when violence erupted outside Harimohan Mehta, the then DC (Port) in 1984. Tapas Chowdhury was trying to pacify the agitators outsiders and has nothing to do with the polls. Classes ir Jamshed, paceman Junaid Ghosh College in the Garden Reach area today over a stu- Though the exact reason for the violence was yet to be when he was hit by one such bullet and he fell on the will be held as normal tomorrow, said Prof B Acharaya, Khan and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz dents union election slated for later this month, giving a ascertained, the bloodshed has been linked to the ground, bleeding profusely. teacher-in-charge, adding the elections will be held as Ahmed are injured and the ma- deadly twist to the campus violence which has been on upcoming college elections, for which the nomination He was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to scheduled. There was similar violence in the college two tch starts on 14 ebruary. At the the rise since the new government was installed. papers were being distributed today. his injuries. He was tackling CP supporters when Suhan years ago. start of the tour, opener Taufiq The deceased, Tapas Choudhury, succumbed to bullet The state minister for municipal affairs, Mr irhad allegedly shot at the sub-inspector. The situation had been volatile since early this morn- Umar and batsman Haris Sohail injuries when he got caught between two warring groups Hakim, and minister for industry Partha Chatterjee went Police, meanwhile, had a tough time controlling the ing as three persons including Abhijit Sil, son of Trinamul had to be sent back because of belonging to the student wings of the Trinamul Congress to the spot. Mr Hakim held the Congress and CPI-M crowd which refused to calm down. Congress councillor Ranjit Sil, were injured when an injuries. Team manager Naved and the Congress. responsible for the clash. Classes were adjourned and panicked teachers and explosion took place when they were allegedly making Cheema and other officials had Apparently, a bullet hit the sub-inspector after missing Local people said the situation had been simmering students confined themselves to the campus. bombs. They were admitted to SSKM Hospital. decided to sacrifice a goat in Ca- the intended target, standing next to him, who ducked. since this morning when supporters of the Trinamul We heard the gunshots and bombs being hurled The political blame-game began with Mr irhad Hakim, pe Town.The meat was distr- our persons ~ Sheikh Suhan, Muhammad Ibne Saud, Congress Chhatra Parishad and Chhatra Parishad began around 11 15 a.m. and immediately suspended the class- the local legislator, blaming the CPI-M supporters for the ibuted among indigent Muslims Gulam Talib alias Aftab and Abdul Matin alias Raju ~ to converge in large numbers outside the college around es. There was a slim attendance as the students of first violence, but he soon went back on this allegation and there, it was said. agencies were arrested in this connection. Police said Suhan is the 9 a.m. A wordy duel developed between the two sides, and third year didn't turn up, while the class of Bengali held Md Mukhtar responsible for the firing. Md Mukhtar nephew of Trinamul Congress leader and chairman of the followed by a scuffle. In the midst of it, gunshots rang honours was in progress, said Ms Anassuya Haldar, the is a Congressman who was earlier with the CPI-M. Third N Korea N-test Kolkata Municipal Corporation's borough XV, Md Iqbal out, leading to panic among local people. assistant professor. DC (Port) V Solomon visited the spot. He said the feud and he killed the sub inspector. Ibne, who is Suhan's rel- rightened shopkeepers downed their shutters while Sources said most of the students didn't turn up appre- between Trinamul Congress and Congress appears to be ative, and the other two were accompanying Suhan this pedestrians ran for safety. We were having tea when the hending trouble during the distribution of nomination the reason behind the clash, The matter is under inves- morning when the scuffle broke out outside the college. clash broke out, forcing us to run for our lives, said Ajit forms. The elections are scheduled for 28 ebruary. tigation and the culprits would be arrested soon, The four were arrested from the Kachchi Sadak area in Tripathy, a local. Moreover, the college authorities too had postponed the turn to page 5 Real estate domination Lalbazar was scared to act shibananda basu for the purpose. Local police in the Regent Park area said that in the name of college main motive of dons KOLKATA, 12 EB: It was an irony of fate election the local Trinamul Congress was pritesh basu rivals ~ Sohan and Ibne, known to be right that the sub-inspector of Kolkata Police, spe- trying to establish its hold. hand men of the borough committee chair- cial branch, Tapas Choudhury, today fell to Mr Hakim, who dominates the area, KOLKATA, 12 EB: The violence that man, were also present. It seems they were a bullet during the clash at Harimohan allegedly asked police not to intervene erupted at Garden Reach today brought to all waiting for the clash to break out. They Ghosh College in the Garden Reach area unless there was specific instruction from the fore how the murky underworld estab- lost no time to bring out firearms after the even after his colleagues had adequately him. It is because of this instruction that lished its links with college campuses to scuffle broke out and shot the sub inspec- warned the police headquarters at Lalbazar police hadn't even made any preventive win over the confidence of the powers-that- tor, said a police officer posted outside beforehand about stockpiling of arms in the arrests to gain control of the situation. A North Korean soldier (afp ph- be so as to strengthen their base and in Harimohan Ghosh College this morning. area and the possibility of a flare-up. Senior officers alleged that they had imme- oto) reacts after the country on return help their students wings get It may be mentioned that a sub-inspector In fact, Lalbazar was only sitting on the SB diately informed Mr Hakim and sought his Tuesday staged its most entrenched.