Bengal Government Employee Stabs 4 Colleagues After Leaves Are Denied

The injured have been identified as Joydev Chakraborty, Sheikh Shatabul, Shantanu Saha and Sartha Late, two are said to be in critical condition.

Only after a traffic policeman “repeatedly requested” him to throw the knife, Sarkar let go of the weapon

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A West Bengal government employee, in a fit of rage, stabbed four of his colleagues after he was allegedly denied leave, on Thursday. The man, identified as Amit Sarkar, was seen walking around with a bloodstained knife following the incident.

Sarkar worked in the technical education department of Karigori Bhavan in Kolkata's Newtown area.

According to the NDTV, in a video, Sarkar is seen walking around with the knife, and bag in broad daylight. Some passerby filmed him on their mobile phone, and he warned them not to come near him.

Sarkar is a resident of Ghola in Sodepur, North 24 Parganas district, he worked in the technical education department. After a tiff with his colleagues over taking time off, he attacked him with the knife and then tried to flee, a senior police officer said, as per NDTV.

The injured have been identified as Joydev Chakraborty, Sheikh Shatabul, Shantanu Saha and Sartha Late, two are said to be in critical condition.

Only after a traffic policeman “repeatedly requested” him to throw the knife, Sarkar let go of the weapon and the police arrested him, according to The Indian Express.

The police reportedly said that his leaves were denied though it remains unclear why.

According to The Indian Express, police said that during the preliminary investigation, they found that Sarkar had not gotten any leave for several days, even when his mother was ill. He had requested for leave but those were declined.

Sarkar, allegedly stabbed his colleagues because they “made jokes about his father.” A senior police officer said, “After the arrest, Sarkar said he had a cool head but his four colleagues joked about his father and thus he attacked them”, as per the news outlet.

Sarkar was arrested, and further investigations are underway. Police do suspect that he may have been suffering from mental illness.