Kolkata, May 16 -- In a significant development, Uttam Das, brother of Trinamool Congress MLA from Canning West in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, Paresh Ram Das was arrested by the police on Friday night allegedly for his involvement in an attempt to murder a BJP worker during post-poll violence.
Considered to be a powerful local leader and president of the Canning-I Panchayat Samiti, Uttam Das, was picked up from in front of his residence at Mithakhali village in Canning.
Central forces accompanied the police team during the arrest operation and surrounded the house while he was being taken into custody.
The arrest was made in connection with the attack on BJP worker Arghyadeep Basu at Dighirpar village on May 4, the day the...