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The Bidhannagar City Police connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) arrested the salient Trinamool Congress person Jay Prakash Majumdar for allegedly harassing a pistillate and illegally occupying her location since 2015.
Officials from Bidhannagar (North) constabulary presumption said, Mr. Majumdar had entered the spot arsenic a tenant astir 12 years agone but subsequently stopped paying rent and continued to inhabit the house.
“He besides enactment a large fastener for years and barred the pistillate Srimoyee Mukherjee and her girl Arati Roy Chowdhury entering the premises. He had immense governmental power successful the country and truthful the victims besides did not accidental anything. The TMC person of refusing to vacate the premises contempt repeated requests ,” said the officer.
On Wednesday (June 3, 2026) morning, Mr. Majumdar came to sojourn that location erstwhile Mrs. Roy Chowdhury stopped him. Later, Mr Majumdar besides got into a brawl with her and pushed her retired of the location pursuing which section residents gathered successful the country and started thrashing him.
The constabulary instantly arrived successful the spot and detained him. “In the evening, Mrs. Roy Chowdhury besides lodged an FIR astatine the constabulary presumption nether sections 329 (4), 308 (2), 115 (2), 74, 318 (4) of BNS pursuing which we person arrested him formally,” helium added.
Mr. Majumdar, a existent State vice president of Trinamool Congress, joined the enactment successful 2022 aft helium was suspended from BJP for publically criticising the enactment for their decision successful 2021 Assembly election.
His apprehension besides comes amid the ongoing crackdown connected the TMC leaders crossed the State. Over hundreds of leaders including the legislators and councillors person been arrested since the BJP authorities came to the powerfulness mostly connected assorted charges of corruption.
The Councillor of ward nary 36 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Arjit Das Thakur, was besides arrested connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) lone a time aft different from ward no. 106, Sachin Singh, connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
Earlier the constabulary besides arrested the Kalna MLA Debo Prasad Bag, Bishnupur MLA Dilip Mondal, Purbasthali North MLA Tapan Chattopadhyay, erstwhile Burdwan South MLA Khokon Das, erstwhile Chinsurah MLA Asit Mazumder, and besides respective councillors including Sudip Polley from ward nary 123 successful KMC.
Police person meantime besides lodged an FIR against TMC person Debashish Banerjee and different idiosyncratic Paritosh Dutta aft 2 suitcases containing termite-infested currency and a firearm person been recovered from the national country of Surendranath College.
