The incident was captured on CCTV cameras at the restaurant showing actor-turned TMC MLA Soham Chakraborty roughing up the Anisur Alam, the owner of Kolkata Delight eatery. Updated: June 8, 2024 6:06 PM IST By The incident was captured on CCTV cameras at the restaurant and the footage has gone viral on social media sites showing Soham Chakraborty roughing up the eatery owner, Anisur Alam. The Bengali actor later claimed that Alam abused TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee during their verbal spat which led to Chakraborty slapping the restaurateur.
Welcome to West Bengal. TMC MLA Soham Chakraborty mercilessly beats, drags by collar a restaurant owner and then misuses his security to beat up other staffers in Kolkata’s New Town. Well, no action will be taken against him, the law is of the ruler as there is no rule of law.
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— Krishanu Singha ( Modi Ka Parivar ) (@KrishanuOnline) However, the victim refuted the TMC MLA’s allegations, stating that he had allowed the actor shoot at his restaurant– the Kolkata Delight in Newtown area– free of charge but objected to Chakraborty’s security staff filling up the restaurant’s parking space with their vehicles, which inconvenienced the customers. This led to to a heated argument during which he was kicked and punched by the actor-politician, Alam alleged. “His security staff filled up our parking space with their cars and were asked to remove them as there was no space left for paying customers to park their vehicles.