Kolkata Police arrests one more for 'goli maro...' slogan

A fourth person, alleged to be a BJP supporter, has been arrested for raising provocative slogan -- "desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maro ..." (shoot traitors) -- while heading for Union Home Minister Amit Shah's rally in city, police said on Tuesday.

Sujit Barua (51), a resident of Ghola of Sodepur in rth 24 Parganas district, was picked up by police on Monday night after he was identified from a video foot, a senior Kolkata Police official said.

Like three or arrested "BJP supporters", Barua has been booked for promoting enmity between different groups and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, criminal intimidation, committing public mischief and common intention, he said.

Among three arrested earlier, two -- Pankaj Prasad and Surendra Kumar Tewary -- have been sent to police custody for three days, while Dhruva Basu was granted bail by a city court on Monday on grounds of and ill health, he said.

video foot was shared with home department and arrests were made after getting its d, he said.

"Search for a few ors identified from video foot is on," IPS officer said.

state BJP leadership has been denying involvement of any party worker in incident and termed it as "handiwork of TMC (Trinamool Congress)".

men shouted slogan while y were passing Maidan Market in downtown Esplanade en route to rally venue at nearby Shahid Minar ground.

union home minister was on a day-long visit to Kolkata on Sunday.

re has been a controversy over raising of such slogans during BJP rallies during Delhi assembly polls and protests in favour of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) due to allegations that y provoke violence. PTI SCH CK