'Assault' on RG Kar victim's mother to be probed: Police

THE allegation by the RG Kar victim's mother that she was assaulted by police personnel during the 'March to Nabanna' on Saturday will be investigated, Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma said on Sunday.

- KAUSHIK PRADHAN @Kolkata

"The allegation is that she was beaten. Whether this allegation is true or false, we will investigate. If she was beaten, then who did it would also be investigated," he said.

In another development, BJP MLA and Chief Opposition Whip in the West Bengal Assembly Shankar Ghosh has written to the Park Street police station, asking to file an FIR against Verma and others for disrespecting the National Flag and violating the Flag Code of India during the 'March to Nabanna' protest.