Kolkata, June 2 -- A councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) was arrested on alleged extortion charges on Tuesday, police said.
Sachin Singh, the councillor of Ward Number 36, was nabbed by a team from the Narkeldanga Police Station.
An officer familiar with the case said Singh was arrested after a complaint was filed by some persons.
Singh had earlier led protests outside the office of the Election Commission of India here in the run up to the West Bengal Assembly elections.
This is not the first time that a KMC councillor beonging to the TMC has been arrested on extortion charges. Sudip Polley of Ward No. 123 was arrested in connection with an alleged extortion case after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in...