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Congress leader Koustav Bagchi was arrested for making derogatory remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee.

Police have registered an FIR based on the complaint. He is known to criticize Mamata Banerjee even in the past. A written complaint was received by police at the Burtolla Police Station in Kolkata against the Congress leader Koustav Bagchi.

A complaint was lodged against Mr Bagchi at Burtolla police station on Friday for his alleged comments against the chief minister. "We have arrested Kaustav ...

Our officers are talking to him," the officer told PTI. We cannot talk much about it. A complaint was lodged against Mr Bagchi at Burtolla police station on Friday for his alleged comments against the chief minister.

On Saturday morning, Congress spokesperson Koustav Bagchi was arrested around 7:30 am after being questioned for hours. Kolkata Police said he will be ...

Attempts are being made to crush democracy and freedom of speech in this state." "As TMC faced defeat in the Murshidabad’s Sagardighi constituency bypoll, they are trying to take revenge by being vindictive. The Mamata government cannot take away anyone's freedom of speech.

Kolkata, Mar 4 (PTI) West Bengal Congress spokesperson Kaustav Bagchi was on Saturday morning arrested from his residence for his alleged comments against ...

Kolkata, March 4: West Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making derogatory comments about Chief Minister Mamata ...

Meanwhile, CPI(M) leadership has expressed solidarity towards Bagchi over the development. (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 04, 2023 11:45 AM IST. Bagchi will be presented at a lower court in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon. On Thursday afternoon soon after the bypoll results were announced, Banerjee had launched a scathing attack against state Congress president and veteran party MP, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury referring to his daughter's suicide in 2006. After the arrest at around 8.30 a.m. on Saturday, Bagchi told media persons that a team of Kolkata Police cops arrived at his residence as early as 3 a.m.

Opposition parties in the state criticised advocate Koustav Bagchi's arrest, saying the government was 'autocratic' and CM Mamata Banerjee was 'acting like ...

“It has proved that the chief minister is afraid of opposition…She is acting like a dictator. “If TMC does this personal attack, we will also circulate this book and attack the chief minister personally,” he had said. The Kolkata police early on Saturday arrested Congress leader and advocate Koustav Bagchi after he allegedly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her “personal attack” on state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

A complaint was lodged against Kaustav Bagchi at Burtolla police station on March 3 for his alleged comments against the Chief Minister.

After the arrest, Mr. “We have arrested Kaustav Bagchi from his residence in Barrackpore. A huge team of the city’s Burtolla police station conducted a raid at Mr.

Congress leader Koustav Bagchi had read out some excerpts from a book written by Dipak Ghosh, a former bureaucrat and once a trusted aide of Banerjee, ...

Time has come to teach the police a lesson,” CPI(M) member of Parliament (MP) and senior lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya told reporters. “The state administration and the police have totally gone insane. Under the TMC rule none is allowed to speak out against the chief minister. The book deals with the TMC supremo’s personal life. “It is good to see that Banerjee is scared. The arrest came just two days after the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) lost the Sagardighi by-election in Murshidabad district.

New Delhi, March 4: Koustav Bagchi, a Congress leader and lawyer, was detained by the Kolkata Police for insulting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on ...

The Congress spokesperson was taken into custody at 7:30 am on Saturday morning after spending hours being questioned. About three in the morning, a police squad from Burtolla police station arrived at the leader’s home in Barrackpore. Following his remarks, a written complaint was made against the Congress politician, who has long been outspoken against the chief minister and the ruling party, at the Burtolla Police Station in Kolkata.

The spokesperson of West Bengal Congress unit, Kaustav Bagchi, was arrested for his remarks on Mamata Banerjee. | OpIndia News.

The arrest of Bagchi was denounced by opposition parties in the state, with Chowdhury stating, “It demonstrates that the chief minister is fearful of opposition… “If the TMC persists in making personal attacks, we will also use this book to counterattack the chief minister personally,” he declared. On Saturday morning, Kolkata police took into custody Koustav Bagchi, a Congress leader and advocate in West Bengal, for supposedly criticizing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “personal attack” on Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the state Congress president.

West Bengal Congress spokesperson Kaustav Bagchi was arrested on Saturday morning from his residence for his alleged remarks against West Bengal Chief ...

After the arrest, Bagchi was brought to Burtolla Police Station and Congress workers staged a protest in front of the police station. Our officers are talking to him," the officer added. We cannot talk much about it.