“Bangla Pokkho” founder Garga Chatterjee change into as soon as arrested by the Kolkata Police’s Cyber Cell on Tuesday (Might possibly well possibly 12, 2026) on allegations of spreading misinformation about EVM manipulation throughout the not too long prior to now held West Bengal Assembly elections.
Bangla Pokkho is a pro-Bengali advocacy organisation, and Mr. Chatterjee is ceaselessly learned campaigning for prioritising the Bengali language and Bengalis over other languages and communities in West Bengal. All the way through the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, he suggested of us to vote both for Trinamool Congress or Left Front candidates, but not the Bharatiya Janata Celebration, claiming that the saffron birthday party is a celebration of “outsiders”
“The grievance in opposition to him change into as soon as lodged by the District Election Officer (DEO) of Kolkata North, following which the cyber cell initiated action. He change into as soon as summoned twice in connection with the matter, but he did not seem, and that’s the explanation he change into as soon as arrested these days,” Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand told media persons at Lalbazar Police Headquarters.
Right here will not be the first time Mr. Chatterjee has been arrested by the Kolkata Police. In August 2022, he change into as soon as arrested for allegedly hurting the emotions of Assamese of us and promoting enmity between communities. The arrest change into as soon as made on the orders of the Gauhati Excessive Court docket after an FIR change into as soon as filed in opposition to him for allegedly making objectionable remarks in opposition to a ruler of the Ahom dynasty.
ED custody for ex-Minister
In a single other fashion, worn Trinamool Congress Minister Sujit Bose, who change into as soon as arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday, change into as soon as sent to 10-day ED custody. The Central investigation agency alleged that Mr. Bose had illegally advised 150 candidates for various posts beneath the South Dum Dum Municipality in lieu of pecuniary advantages.
On Tuesday, the ED’s counsel told a varied court docket that throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, a restaurant owned by Mr. Bose had reported sales of about ₹1.11 crore.
Messi episode inspire in point of curiosity
In yet one other fashion, newly appointed West Bengal Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik talked about that he has sought the file linked to the Lionel Messi tournament in Kolkata, the place violence had erupted attributable to mismanagement. Extinct Sports Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Aroop Biswas had been blamed for the incident. Mr. Pramanik talked about he would visit Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and rob action if required.
Printed – Might possibly well possibly 13, 2026 02:47 am IST
