Kolkata, June 9 -- In a significant development, Police arrested Trinamool Congress leader and former chairman of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, Sabyasachi Dutta, in connection with an alleged extortion and criminal intimidation case on Monday night.
According to police sources, a businessman from Salt Lake lodged a complaint against Dutta, who is currently the councillor of Ward No. 31 of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation.
The complainant alleged that he was being pressured to pay several lakh rupees and was threatened when he failed to meet the demands.
Acting on the complaint, officers from Bidhannagar North Police Station conducted a raid at Dutta's residence in the Raigachi area of Rajarhat late on Monday night.
He was ...