Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- Canning Paschim MLA Paresh Ram Das was arrested at Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport on Monday, moments before he was scheduled to board a flight to Mumbai.
A team of the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Baruipur Police District, assisted by Bidhannagar City Police, intercepted him. Police said the legislator had been evading law enforcement for weeks.
The arrest relates to Case No. 561/2026, registered at Canning police station on September 5. Das faces non-bailable charges, including rape, voluntarily causing hurt, cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation. He was taken to Baruipur District Police Headquarters for questioning.
The arrest came shortly after Das expressed his desire to return to the Mamata Banerjee faction from the Ritabrata Banerjee camp. MAITC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh questioned the timing, alleging police inaction while Das was with the rebel faction. However, Ritabrata TMC chairman Arup Roy defended the police action, saying it may have followed the discovery of evidence against the MLA.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.