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Trinamool Congress MLA and erstwhile West Bengal Minister Jyotipriyo Mallick was assaulted by a younker who intruded into his residence astatine the Salt Lake country connected Sunday (November 2, 2025) night, a elder constabulary authoritative said.
The youth, identified arsenic Abhishek Das, was aboriginal arrested by constabulary and is being interrogated.
The authoritative said the accused, aged astir 30 years, had trailed Mr. Mallick, who entered his residence astir 9 p.m. The younker abruptly pounced connected the erstwhile Minister and punched him successful his little abdomen, leaving Mr. Mallick stunned.
As Mr. Mallick raised a hue and cry, his information unit and others adjacent rushed successful and overpowered the youth. The accused was aboriginal handed implicit to the Bidhannagar police.
The younker told interrogators helium was a nonmigratory of the Habra country successful the North 24 Parganas territory and wanted to speech to Mr. Mallick for a job. Mr. Mallick represents the Habra constituency successful the West Bengal Assembly.
It was aboriginal known that the younker had been nether psychiatric attraction astatine a authorities infirmary successful the metropolis and had done respective recce to Mr. Mallick's location successful Salt Lake earlier successful the day, the constabulary authoritative said.
Mr. Mallick told reporters helium was nether the content that the younker wanted to conscionable him similar different visitors and was astounded erstwhile helium abruptly lunged guardant and deed him.
"I americium not definite if helium was successful an inebriated condition. I had ne'er seen him before. It is unimaginable that idiosyncratic from Habra volition battle me," the ruling party's MLA said.
He, however, termed the onslaught a one-off case.
Mr. Mallick had been arrested by cardinal agencies successful transportation with a corruption lawsuit astir 2 years ago, when helium was the Forest Minister. The corruption lawsuit was related to his stint arsenic Food and Civil Supplies Minister earlier.
In the aftermath of his arrest, Mr. Mallick was removed from his post, with Birbaha Hansda taking complaint arsenic the Forest Minister.
