Kolkata, April 27 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has filed a writ petition before the Calcutta High Court alleging "serious misconduct" by Police Observer Parmar Smit Parshottamdas, accusing him of holding an "unofficial and undisclosed meeting" with a BJP candidate during the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections.

The petition, filed by TMC leader Rajeev Kumar on behalf of the party, pertains to the 142-Magrahat Paschim Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas, where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Gour Ghosh is in the fray.

"The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the Petitioners regarding serious misconduct by Mr Parmar Smit Parshottamdas, IPS, appointed as a Police Observ...