Kolkata/IBNS, June 9 -- In another setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), former Bidhannagar Mayor and ex-MLA Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged extortion case.

Dutta was taken into custody late Monday night after a police case was registered against him earlier in the evening.

According to the complaint, a businessman accused the TMC leader of extorting several lakh rupees from him in 2018.

Acting on the complaint, police registered a First Information Report (FIR) and subsequently arrested Dutta.

Once a highly influential political figure in the Salt Lake region, Dutta represented the Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency as an MLA from 2011 to 2021.

He also served as the first Mayor of Bidh...