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Teacher in net for assault

Sushanto Majumdar, a physical science teacher at St Helen’s School, in Kalighat, was arrested on Friday on charges of beating up Udayan Dutta, a Class VIII student, for misconduct in class. Udayan’s parents have lodged a police complaint, alleging that their son was suffering from severe pain in his ears.

Suicide

Tania Burman, 18, daughter of a senior bureaucrat in the state, allegedly committed suicide by strangulating herself at her Kasba residence on Thursday. Police said the family members broke open the door after finding it locked for a long time and saw Tania lying on the bed with her dupatta tied around her neck in a knot. She was rushed to a nursing home, where she was pronounced dead.

Ganja arrest

Fazal Biswas, 50, a resident of Murshidabad, was arrested in Ultadanga on Friday on charges of carrying six kg of ganja. He was intercepted as soon as he got off a Siliguri-Calcutta bus.

Workshop

Health minister Surjya Kanta Mishra on Friday inaugurated a two-day East Zonal Surgical Oncology Workshop, being organised by the Association of Surgeons of India (West Bengal) at Cancer Centre Welfare Home and Research Institute. Swami Prabhananda Maharaj, secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, was present at the workshop.

Train services

Train services on the Howrah-Bandel main line and Howrah-Burdwan chord line of Eastern Railway were disrupted for an hour, from 12.50 pm, on Friday. Officials said a 250-strong crowd blocked the tracks between Belur and Bally to protest the closure of Bally Cooperative Bank.

Setu mishap

Biman Pal, 25, was critically injured after the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a car on Vidyasagar Setu on Friday afternoon. Pal has been admitted to SSKM Hospital.

Talk scheme

Calcutta Telephones will run a scheme, Mobile Hungama, from November 27 to 29 to expand its pre-paid customer base. New customers will be given free recharge vouchers during SIM activation.