District Magistrate of Alipurduar, Nikhil Nirmal on Sunday was allegedly caught on camera thrashing a man inside Falakata police station.
The man named Binod Sarkar was arrested on charges of sending lewd messages to Nirmal's wife on Facebook.
Nirmal's wife Nandini Krishnan had filed an FIR against Sarkar for allegedly making lewd comments on the social networking site.
Sarkar was produced in court on Monday where he got bail.
More details of the incident are awaited.
On January 4, two people were arrested for allegedly thrashing a man to death in the Motia Khan area of the national capital over the suspicion of theft, the police. The incident took place on January 2 in front of the Rohit Tent House which is situated in the Gali no.1 of the Motia Khan area. The owner of the guest house suspected that the deceased had entered the shop with the intention of theft.
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