3 held in Karaya shoot out incident

Kolkata, Sep 9 (PTI) The Police today arrested threepersons in connection with yesterday’s shootout in the KarayaPolice Station area in which two persons were injured. Three persons — Pradip Bhagat (29), Mohhammed Asfaque(25) and Mohammed Akbar alias Bocha (22) were arrested fortheir alleged involvement in yesterday’s incident of firing, asenior officer of the Kolkata Police said. All three have been charged under Indian Penal Codesections 307/34 IPC and 25{1B(A)}/27 Arms Act, he said. Two persons — Sheikh Arsad and Amin Ali Gazi – wereadmitted to hospital after they were hit by bullets on theirlegs by unknown miscreants last evening at Topsia localitywithin the Karaya police station limits. PTI SCHDKB