India, May 27 -- The Special Task Force of the West Bengal police on Wednesday arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Dilip Mondal from a hotel in Odisha's Puri in connection with a case related to alleged threats made against rival political parties in public speeches after the recent Assembly elections, police officials said.

Mondal, the MLA from Bishnupur in South 24 Parganas district, is the first TMC legislator to be arrested since the party lost the April assembly elections, securing only 80 of the state's 294 seats.

Police said Mondal had been absconding since an FIR was registered against him. His son, Arghya Mondal, was arrested along with five others on May 18 on charges of possessing illegal firearms.

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