Cong disunity

Calcutta, Sept. 8: The state Congress today hit the streets of Calcutta and blocked the city centre for a couple of hours, but a section of leaders attacked state president Adhir Chowdhury later, bringing to the fore the problem of disunity in the party.

The Congress could not match the Left’s bid to march to Nabanna on August 27. A section of leaders criticised Chowdhury later for leading a “lacklustre” protest. “He (Chowdhury) didn’t even attempt courting arrest by violating prohibitory orders or lead a charge to Nabanna,” said a Congress leader. 

Custody

Calcutta: Calcutta-based businessman Ramesh Gandhi, who was arrested on Monday in connection with the Saradha scam, was remanded in CBI custody by the additional chief judicial magistrate’s court till September 11. 

Thief couple 

Barasat: A couple was arrested on Tuesday on the charge of robbing 4kg gold and Rs 3 lakh in cash from the Bongaon office of a gold loan company. The robbery had taken place on Saturday when the husband, Uttam Ghosh, 35, had entered the office around 4pm, wearing a mask and brandishing a gun. Unknown to the staff, wife Rupali had preceded him and was relaying information through her cellphone. The police recovered the gold and 
Rs 70,000 from their home close to Bongaon.

Sikkim polls

Gangtok: The civic polls in Sikkim will be held on October 9.