In a violent dispute at a West Bengal government office in Newtown, a technical education department employee, Asit Sarkar, attacked four colleagues with a knife over a leave argument, injuring them with two in critical condition. Sarkar was arrested while trying to flee, and the police are investigating the motive behind the incident.
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