Kolkata, Nov. 12 -- In a fresh setback for Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected his plea seeking legal protection against arrest in any fresh case.
Justice Sougata Bhattacharyya dismissed the prayer for an interim protective order after his counsel told the court that he has already been 'shown arrested' in the Rs 400 crore soil theft case.
Roy's counsel submitted that the police had once again implicated his client in a new case, despite his earlier arrest in another corruption-related case.
Pointing out the repeated arrests in separate cases, the lawyer urged the court to grant Roy protection against further arrest.
However, after consider...