Two men who hired an app cab from the Dum Dum Cantonment area allegedly robbed the driver of his money and valuables after offering him a spiked soft drink.
One of the two accused was arrested on Wednesday.
He has been identified as Pushpak Roy, a resident of Dum Dum.
Police said the alleged robbery was reported at Nimta police station on July 19, a day after the incident.
“The driver said he received a booking through the app and picked the two from the Dum Dum Cantonment area. They travelled to multiple locations in Madhyamgram, Barasat and Hridaypur before offering him a soft drink. He does not remember anything after that,” an officer said.
When the driver regained consciousness, he found himself in the car, which was parked at Banik More in Nimta, around 4km from the spot from where the two had boarded the cab.
The police started tracking the phone used to book the cab. It led them to Roy.
“A search is on for the other person,” said an officer.
Trader shot at in Ichhapore
A businessman in his early 40s was shot at in Ichhapore, about 5km away from Barrackpore in North 24-Parganas, on Thursday morning.
Rabin Das had just finished buying flowers from a market near a railway gate in Noapara around 10.30am when two youths walked up to him pushing a crowd of shoppers and fired from close range, police said.
Das, who runs a business of construction materials, slumped on the ground before some shop owners and others rushed to help him.
Das was first taken to a healthcare facility in Barrackpore. Later, he was shifted to a private hospital in Kolkata. Till late Thursday evening, doctors said his condition was critical.
“The victim was fired upon from a close range. Some bystanders have said they saw two men run away,” Alok Rajoria, commissioner of Barrackpore police said.
The cops said they were trying to ascertain the motive behind Thursday’s firing.
Das is also a local Trinamul Congress worker. Officers said they were trying to ascertain whether the attack was political in nature.