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One held after Bengal woman alleges assault by ex-TMC MLA’s supporters: Police

One held after Bengal woman alleges assault by ex-TMC MLA’s supporters: Police

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A woman from West Bengal’s Narendrapur in South 24 Parganas district on Sunday alleged that supporters of the area’s former Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator assaulted and partially shaved her head in public on Friday before tying her to a lamp post and tearing parts of her clothes, police said. Firdousi Begum denied involvement in the incident. (Representative Photo/iStock) “A first information report (FIR) was registered on Saturday based on her complaint and one suspect has been arrested,” a district police officer requesting anonymity said. The woman and her husband, both supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleged that associates of then TMC’s Sonarpur North MLA Firdousi Begum targeted them in 2025 and pressured them to pay ₹75,000 for developing their own land. The couple refused and the matter subsequently went to court. Begum lost her seat to BJP’s Debasish Dhar, a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in the recent assembly elections in which the saffron camp won 208 of Bengal’s 294 seats. Also Read:Radicals behind Baruipur lynching, says CM Adhikari; gives his kin …

3 ex-TMC MPs join BJP; to contest Rajya Sabha bypolls from seats they vacated

3 ex-TMC MPs join BJP; to contest Rajya Sabha bypolls from seats they vacated

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Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik, the three Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who resigned from the Rajya Sabha in June, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata on Thursday. The BJP said all three former TMC leaders will contest the July 24 bypolls to the Upper House seats vacated by them. State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya welcomed them to the party at its West Bengal headquarters in Salt Lake State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya welcomed them to the party at its West Bengal headquarters in Salt Lake and stopped short of confirming whether they would be the party’s candidates. “They are officially joining the party led by Narendra Modi who has steadily taken the nation forward. Right now the only identity of these three persons is that they are BJP workers,” he said. Also Read | Former TMC Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Prakash Chik Baraik join BJP in Kolkata Asked about his earlier assertion that no TMC leader would be inducted into the BJP, Bhattacharya said, “This …

Ex-TMC MLA Saokat Molla arrested in NIA crackdown on pre-poll Bhangar blast case

Ex-TMC MLA Saokat Molla arrested in NIA crackdown on pre-poll Bhangar blast case

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Former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) late on Fright night in connection with a blast at Bhangar near Kolkata in March this year which killed one person. Ex-TMC MLA Saokat Molla was arrested by NIA. (HT file) This comes a day after the federal agency searched at least eight locations, including the residence and hideouts of Molla, in South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas. READ MORE | Bengal minister backs NIA action against ex-Trinamool MLA Saokat Molla “Molla, a prime suspect and a conspirator in the case, was arrested late on Friday night. He was held from South 24 Parganas and will be produced in the court on Saturday,” said a NIA official. On Thursday the NIA had arrested one accused in the case Sainur Molla. He had transported the dead and the injured victims in his SUV after the blast. In all four persons, including Saokat Molla, have been arrested in the case till date. ALSO READ | Suvendu Adhikari aide’s murder: CBI arrests prime …

Ex-TMC minister’s brother Swarup Biswas held after make-up artist accuses him of demanding sex for job | Kolkata News

Ex-TMC minister’s brother Swarup Biswas held after make-up artist accuses him of demanding sex for job | Kolkata News

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3 min readKolkataJun 5, 2026 11:30 AM IST TMC leader Swarup Biswas, a prominent face in Kolkata’s cultural and entertainment sectors and brother of former minister Aroop Biswas, was arrested from Sahapur Colony on Thursday night for alleged sexual harassment and extortion. The arrest followed a complaint lodged by a victim, a make-up artist. According to the victim, who was jobless for the past two years, she came to Suruchi Sangha at New Alipore on August 20, 2025, to meet Swarup Biswas, who was heading a body of make-up artists, and his associates seeking a job. But Biswas demanded money in return. According to the complaint, the victim approached  Biswas again on April 4 this year, and this time, they told her that if she wanted a job, she had to sexually compromise with them. “When she refused their proposal, Biswas and his associates allegedly tried to kill her at her residence on April 10,” said a police officer. The make-up artist alleged that Biswas — a highly influential figure in Tollywood, the Bengali film industry, and regional politics — …

Abhishek Banerjee ‘attack’ accused linked to ex-TMC MLA Lovely Maitra? What we know

Abhishek Banerjee ‘attack’ accused linked to ex-TMC MLA Lovely Maitra? What we know

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Five persons were arrested, and two were detained by the West Bengal police for allegedly heckling and manhandling TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in South 24 Parganas’ Sonarpur on Saturday afternoon, with BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar alleging that the accused are Trinamool Congress workers and known to be close to party leader Lovely Maitra. TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee alleged that BJP workers attacked his convoy during his visit to Sonarpur, claiming it was an attempt to kill him. (PTI) A police officer said that seven persons were detained on the basis of security camera and news footage of the mob attack on the TMC national general secretary, HT reported earlier. Five of them were arrested after questioning. Abhishek Banerjee sustained minor injuries after he was attacked with stones and eggs in Sonarpur, where he had gone to meet the families of post-poll violence victims. Union minister and former BJP president Sukanta Majumdar said the arrestees were identified as TMC workers. “We have come to know that the accused are TMC workers and known to be close …

VHP Seeks FIR Against Ex-TMC MLA Who Laid Foundation Stone Of Bengal’s ‘Babri’ Mosque On December 6 | India News

VHP Seeks FIR Against Ex-TMC MLA Who Laid Foundation Stone Of Bengal’s ‘Babri’ Mosque On December 6 | India News

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Last Updated:December 15, 2025, 19:04 IST The VHP has demanded that Kabir be booked under Sections 196 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with other relevant provisions of law Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir. In a fresh flashpoint in West Bengal, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking the immediate registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against former Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir for allegedly promoting religious enmity. The VHP has demanded that Kabir be booked under Sections 196 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with other relevant provisions of law, following his role in laying the foundation stone of what has been described as a “Babri mosque” in the state. The letter, written by VHP President Alok Kumar, flags the naming and timing of the event as deliberately provocative. According to the VHP, naming a mosque after Babur — the Mughal ruler associated with the Ayodhya dispute — is “not an innocuous act but a calculated political signal”. “In our understanding, …

ED Attaches Aircraft, Land, Flats of Ex-TMC MP’s Company in Money Laundering Case

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Last Updated: March 30, 2024, 23:07 IST The Alchemist Group had floated a number of companies in various fields for acquiring properties out of the proceeds of crime it acquired from the investors on false promises, it alleged. (Representational image) The Alchemist Group is headed by Kanwar Deep Singh, a former Rajya Sabha member of the Trinamool Congress A Beechcraft plane, flats and properties in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh worth more than Rs 29 crore of the Alchemist Group, which is headed by former TMC MP K D Singh, have been attached under the anti-money laundering law, the ED said Saturday. The probe pertains to a clutch of FIRs registered by the CBI, Uttar Pradesh Police and West Bengal Police on charges that the group collected funds worth more than Rs 1,800 crore from general public in its companies like Alchemist Holdings Limited and Alchemist Township India Limited on the “false promise” of providing high returns and giving flats, villas, plots apart from high rate of interest on their investments. The properties have …