Dipak Burman, secretary of Anupama Housing, S B Chakraborty and Debu Pal were arrested on Monday night. The three were taken to the Baguiati police station where they were kept throughout the night. They were later produced in Barasat court.

According to Dipti Burman, wife of Dipak Burman, “Due to frequent powercuts, we have been facing shortage of water. On Monday night, there was a powercut. We requested the State Electricity Board (SEB) office nearby to restore the power but our requests fell on deaf ears. There was a minor altercation after which we returned to our house.”

She added that around 1:30 am, about 10 policemen came to her house to arrest her husband. “We were shocked to see the policemen. They forced their way into our house and arrested my husband.”

The police said the SEB officials had filed a complaint against the three persons alleging that they had attacked the SEB workers.