Krishnagar, June 9 -- Former West Bengal minister Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress was arrested on Tuesday for alleged illegal hoarding of government relief materials meant for distribution to the poor at his residence here in Nadia district, police said.
Earlier, the minister was physically assaulted, heckled and pelted with eggs after a violent mob stormed his residence in the afternoon, accusing him of hoarding the relief materials.
The attack unfolded when a large group of BJP workers and residents gathered outside his house following allegations that tarpaulin sheets, rags and sarees - supplied for disaster relief and welfare distribution - had been stored for years without being distributed. The situation quickly escalated as prot...