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Seven individuals have been arrested following a pandal collapse and stampede incident. Police registered complaints and took action against key organisers and personnel involved. Those arrested include puja committee secretary Rajkumar Sheora, vice president Shantanu Dubey, and pandal contractor Biplab Mukherjee, who oversaw the bamboo construction. Authorities also arrested crowd control heads Kaushik Saha and Pintu Dey, alongside private security in-charges Suman Chakraborty and Rajesh Paul. Further findings are awaited from the investigating teams.

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00:00Let's take you through the last one, circle back to the last point that I just mentioned,
00:04that is the action that's been taken so far.
00:07The case that's been lodged, the organisers who have been put behind bars so far
00:12and others who have also been named by the police in this case
00:16as those against whom complaints have been registered.
00:20Rajkumar Srivara, he was the Pujo panel secretary, he's been arrested.
00:25Shantanu Dubey, he was the Pujo panel vice president,
00:29he's also been arrested.
00:30Beplob Mukherjee, he's the Pundal contractor.
00:34Contractor is basically the person who looks after the entirety of the construction,
00:38the bamboo construction, the structure, basic bamboo structure that is put in place
00:43because there is the collapse of the panel that also worsened the situation there at the stampede site.
00:50Korshrik Saha, the crowd control in charge, he's been arrested.
00:55Pintu Dey, he was also another crowd control in charge, he has been arrested as well.
01:01Srimon Chakraborty, the private security in charge, he has also been arrested.
01:07Rajesh Pal, the private security in charge, another one who's been arrested.
01:11Seven arrests total.
01:12And then more details are awaited, reports, revelations are awaited
01:17from the findings of the SDF and the SIT at this given point.

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