Kolkata, Sep 22 (TIWN) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday recalled a warrant of arrest issued by the additional chief judicial magistrate of Bolpur on April 13, 2022, against BJP leader Anirban Ganguly.

Ganguly, who did his PhD from Jadavpur University, is now the director of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, a BJP think-tank based out of Delhi. Ganguly has also authored and edited several books.  He had contested the 2021 Assembly elections from Bolpur, but lost to Trinamool Congress' Chandranath Sinha by a margin of 22,280 votes. 

On April 21, 2021, Sudip Bagdi, a Trinamool worker, had lodged a complaint with the Bolpur police station, alleging that a group of seven BJP workers led by Shantanu Homroy attacked him and and some of his party colleagues when they were returning from an election campaign programme.  In their chargesheet, the police claimed that the BJP workers were instigated by Ganguly. 

While eight others accused in the matter were granted bail in the matter, the court issued a warrant against Ganguly. The police gave no reason as to why they needed Ganguly under in custody in the case.