Overview
- Police arrested Swapan Samaddar on Wednesday after a woman filed a complaint at Narkeldanga police station that led to an FIR listing non‑bailable offences including attempt to murder and molestation.
- The FIR also records allegations of extortion, threats and post‑poll violence connected to events from the 2021 Assembly elections and a separate alleged attack at a Narkeldanga home in May 2022.
- As Samaddar was taken to the station locals reportedly threw eggs at him and chanted “chor, chor,” while the brother of slain BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar said the family wants stringent punishment.
- Samaddar is named in CBI proceedings that took over the 2021 killing of Abhijit Sarkar after a Calcutta High Court order, and earlier chargesheets by local police and the CBI included other TMC leaders.
- Authorities say this is the tenth Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillor arrested since the new West Bengal government took office, a pattern that may reshape local accountability and political tensions.