The sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Egra in East Midnapore Manoranjan Ghosh, who fired at a crowd and left one injured allegedly because the assemblage was bursting crackers and disturbing his sleep, was transferred to the Anti-rowdy division of the State Police, sources said.
The problem started in the night intervening Tuesday and Wednesday when a group of villagers of Akhlabad village started bursting crackers to celebrate a Puja in front of the SDPO’s bungalow.
Disturbed in his sleep Ghosh confronted the villagers and allegedly slapped a few of them.
Next day when the villagers started agitating in front of his bungalow shots were fired from inside it seriously injuring a person from the crowd, sources said adding soon the villagers staged a road blockade and demanded his transfer.