Kolkata, May 12 -- Kolkata police on Tuesday arrested Garga Chatterjee, the leader of Bangla Paksha, a pro-Bengali activists' group for uploading social media posts during the recent two-phase assembly polls alleging that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were rigged, officers said.

"Chatterjee was arrested under several sections of the Information Technology Act. He alleged that EVMs had been tampered with and asked various political groups to launch an agitation. The complaint against him was lodged by the election observer of the Kolkata north division," Kolkata police commissioner Ajay Nand said.

"Chatterjee was arrested because he did not respond to two notices sent earlier by police," Nand added.

Nand said that the state's Di...