kolkata kalyaneswar ganguly a senior citizen who was assaulted outside his garfa home on wednesday night spent the first half of friday trying unsuccessfully to figure out why a counter police complaint was lodged against him by the same people who had rained blows on him so brutally that he is barely able to see with his left eyehis misery however did not end there at noon a scared ganguly rushed to the alipore court along with his son kaustav to obtain anticipatory bail the immunity against arrest and harassment busy through the day with legal proceedings neither kalyaneswar could consult an eye specialist nor his wife asima could go to a doctor after being bedridden since thursday night i still have trouble opening my eye and the pain is back said kalyaneswarthe family which has been meeting lawyers since morning dreading the arrestfear was able to breathe a sigh of relief only late in the afternoon when their bail plea was allowed by the courtthe practice of consuming alcohol in the open is increasing in our neighbourhood i protested because i have seen women from our area being harassed by these miscreants but it has cost me heavily even my son has now been branded a criminal said kalyaneswar at the alipore court on fridayin the evening after speaking to the garfa additional oc who came to their home they appeared somewhat reassured the police have assured all action we hope they keep their word kalyaneswar saidkalyaneswars assaulters sona and shankar were booked under sections 323 114 341 of the indian penal code they obtained bail on thursday itself an officer at the kasba police station said that some of his colleagues in kolkata police do resort to such tactics where political power play is involved