Fruit vendor, fish butcher among 16 released in NEET-protest violence case

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A fruit vendor, fish butchers, unemployed graduates, and grassroots political workers were among the 16 people released on Tuesday after a Kolkata court initially remanded them to two days of judicial custody. Alamgir (48), a fruit vendor in the Burrabazar fruit mandi and a longtime Congress worker, his arrest came straight from his residence. “The attendees included students, their relatives, fruit vendors, and social workers associated with NGOs who joined out of solidarity. While they may have been present in the vicinity, presence alone does not establish criminal intent or credibility of violence. Police had earlier stated that two of the accused Md.