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KOLKATA: Actor Arindam Haldar , popularly known as Lama, was beaten up by employees of a photo studio allegedly linked with an Aadhaar card making agent at Baguiati in North 24 Parganas on Wednesday Lama's wife Lopamudra was also attacked. The studio owner was arrested by the Baguiati police.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon when Lama and his wife stood in a queue in front of the studio at Tegharia to correct the spelling of the title of Lama's wife Lopamudra Samanta in her Aadhaar card.

The scuffle broke out around 2pm when Lama and others in the queue protested against the Aadhaar worker, who stopped working. The victim claimed the studio employees deliberately stopped working just to harass them.

“We were standing since 10am to make some corrections.When they suddenly stopped working, we protested and also urged them to continue with the work. But they didn't pay heed to our request and started abusing us,“ Lama said.

According to local sources, during an altercation, Lama's wife first came under attack.

“They pushed my wife and then beat her up. On seeing it, I rushed to rescue her. But they pounced on me and started beating me mercilessly ,“ Lama said.

