Overview

• Officers carried out a 2 a.m. operation at a residential building in Tangra based on a secret-source tip and took Rakesh Singh into custody.
• He had been absconding for about five days following an FIR tied to alleged vandalism at Bidhan Bhawan, according to police.
• After the arrest, he underwent a medical examination and is scheduled to be produced before the Sealdah court on Wednesday.
• The FIR cites sections of the Arms Act, the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, and provisions of the BNS, registered at Entally police station.
• Police earlier detained his son and three associates for alleged assistance, and say Singh posted videos attacking the force and warning the commissioner as the incident involved burned flags and defaced cutouts of Congress leaders.