Injured Kolkata Police constable in stable condition, says senior SSKM official
Telegraph | 11 August 2025
The condition of the Kolkata Police constable admitted to
SSKM Hospital on Saturday after suffering injuries during Nabanna Abhijan is
“stable”, a senior hospital official said on Sunday.
He had injuries in
his “scalp”, the official added. Four others who were brought to the hospital
on Saturday were discharged after first aid.”
Five policemen were brought to
SSKM Hospital. Four of them were discharged after first aid. The other
policeman had scalp injuries and was admitted to the trauma care centre,” said
the official.
The march to Nabanna, not held under any political party’s
banner, but was attended by state BJP leaders and was led by the leader of the
Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari. It led to clashes between the rallyists and the
police. A senior police officer said on Saturday the crowd began moving towards
the Park Street-JL Nehru Road crossing from Esplanade when police attempted to
stop them, as they were not supposed to go that way. Later, police had to
lathi-charge the crowd near the Park Street crossing.
On Sunday, city police
commissioner Manoj Verma met Prasanta Poddar, 36, the injured police constable
who is a security personnel of the deputy commissioner of police (south
suburban division).
The deputy commissioner, Bidita Kalita Dasgupta, was
also present.
According to sources, Poddar was on duty at the Dorina
crossing on Saturday. He was admitted to the yellow zone of the hospital’s
Trauma Care Unit.
A doctor said patients under treatment in the yellow zone
were mostly kept under observation and were not considered “high-risk”
patients.
There are three zones — red, yellow and green — in descending
order, said the doctor.
On Saturday, five injured policemen were taken to
SSKM — one assistant sub-inspector (ASI), three constables and one home guard.
Sources said the four others injured were Nimai Mondal, 44, a constable with
Tollygunge traffic guard; Mithun Ghosh, 38, a constable with Shakespeare Sarani
police station; Jagabandhu Saha, 58, an assistant sub-inspector with the south
division of Kolkata Police; and Chaitanya Mahanta, 30, a home guard with the
south division.