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Former sports curate Aroop Biswas’s brother, Swarup Biswas, was arrested by the Kolkata constabulary connected Thursday (June 4) nighttime implicit allegedly moving an extortion racket successful the Tollygunge movie manufacture portion besides allegedly molesting a 42-year-old make-up artist.
According to the officials from the New Alipore constabulary station, Mr. Swarup Biswas, the erstwhile president of the Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI), was arrested based connected an FIR lodged by the pistillate make-up creator who is simply a nonmigratory of the Regent Park area.
In her complaint, the pistillate alleged that she had been retired of enactment for astir 2 years and was asked to wage wealth erstwhile she approached for employment opportunities. She besides alleged that she was threatened aft failing to conscionable the demand.
“She said that she is simply a subordinate of the Tollygunge Make-up Artist Federation, and she has had nary enactment for the past 2 years. On August 20, 2025, she came to Suruchi Sangha astatine New Alipore to conscionable Mr. Biswas for work. But Mr. Biswas and his associates asked for wealth and threatened her that if she did not supply money, she would not get immoderate work,” said an serviceman based connected the FIR.
Later, the pistillate further came to attack Mr. Biswas connected Thursday erstwhile helium and his associates misbehaved with her and besides asked her to sexually compromise with them to get jobs successful the industry, said the officer.
“She besides alleged that 1 of her colleagues, Kartick Bhattacharya, had to wage ₹45,000 connected December past twelvemonth to Mr. Biswas for work. According to her claim, Mr. Biswas collected much than ₹22 Lakhs from antithetic persons successful the sanction of work. She accused him of fostering a strategy successful which workers were allegedly denied opportunities and blacklisted for not being “close enough” to influential figures oregon complying with the alleged “syndicate raj” successful the cine workers’ industry,” the serviceman added.
The lawsuit was lodged nether sections 75(1)(ii), 308(4), 308(5), 109, 351(3), 61 of BNS and besides sections 25, 27 of the Arms Act.
Protest against Swarup Biswas
The apprehension triggered protests extracurricular the New Alipore constabulary station, wherever a ample fig of radical gathered and raised slogans against Mr. Biswas. Many protesters alleged that helium had exercised undue power successful the movie and tv manufacture for years and extorted wealth from artists, technicians, and different workers by promising jobs.
Meanwhile, galore actors and technicians besides alleged that they person been banned for allegedly raising their voices against Mr. Biswas and his power successful the industry. However, since the BJP authorities came to powerfulness past month, specified allegations and choler against him started flying heavy erstwhile BJP MLA cum histrion Rudranil Ghosh besides held a gathering with the technicians and actors past month.
