Police confirmed that all five arrested individuals are local residents and said a separate case has been registered at Sonarpur police station following the disturbance.
The violence had broken out on Friday after a mob allegedly pelted stones and vandalised a police post over a dispute related to the volume of loudspeakers at a mosque.
The Trinamul Congress delegation in Tripura met the director general of Tripura police on the issue of vandalism of their office there but no arrests have been made yet in the case.
Mahto, accompanied by former MLA Lambodar Mahto, Ichagarh’s former candidate Harelal Mahto and party general secretary Sanjay Mehta, was on his way to meet those injured in the violence linked to the Kurmi agitation for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
The victim was accompanied by BJP’s Cooch Behar District Vice President Deepa Chakraborty and District General Secretary Biraj Bose to the Cooch Behar police station.
"Mondal is at large since the incident. We are looking for him. His wife and the rest of the family members will be interrogated," the official added.
The body has been recovered. The tourist from Patna, Gaurav Choudhary, 35, critically injured is in a private hospital in Siliguri," he added.
The officer said Sardar used to perform some pujas or rituals, due to which the villagers thought he was involved in dark practices.
West Bengal CID has arrested 42 persons in connection with cheating in the state police constable recruitment examination from various centres.
The police zeroed in on small time businessman Shamsuddin after getting a lead from the sack which contained the chopped torso of the victim.
