Child, 3 others injured in parking clash

Dwaipayan.Ghosh

KOLKATA: Four people , including a four-year-old child, were injured as a clash broke out over illegal parking outside a barber shop on Bijoy Bose Road in Kalighat on Monday night.

Police said the altercation started around 9.45 pm, when a group of residents protested against the barber shop owner and his family for allowing their customers to illegally park their vehicle outside the shop, blocking the way. . The argument soon escalated into a fight with the shop owner and his family allegedly raining blows on the protesting residents and pushing them violently.

Among those injured were a resident, his father, brother—he sustained a deep cut on his face—and a four-year-old child. In the police complaint, they claimed the shop owners threatened them with dire consequences before fleeing. The injured were taken to hospital, where they were treated and released.

The shop owner, too, registered a complaint, claiming he and his family were wrongfully “restrained, heckled and assaulted”. The owner claimed he fell to the ground and his and his wife were injured. He was reportedly taken to SSKM, where he was treated and released. .