# Ex-TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh arrested in Odisha over RG Kar cremation 2026-08-13T19:48:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested from a hotel in Balasore, Odisha, on Thursday in connection with the hurried cremation of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim. West Bengal Police traced him through mobile surveillance and took him into custody from Odishi Hotel in Simulia. Ghosh, the ex-Congress member from Panihati, is accused of destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy. The Assam Tribune reports he had gone absconding and switched SIM cards to evade police. The arrest follows a fresh FIR filed by the victim's father at Khardah police station, naming Ghosh, former Panihati Municipality chairman Somnath Dey, and neighbour Sanjeev Mukherjee. Police allege the three pressured the family into cremating the body on the night of August 9, 2024, breaching protocols to prevent a second autopsy. Siasat.com adds that Mukherjee was arrested later from Kolkata, while Dey remains absconding. Ghosh is expected to be produced before a Barrackpore court on Friday. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - timesnownews.com - assamtribune.com - siasat.com Tags: evidence destruction, Kolkata rape-murder, Nirmal Ghosh arrest, RG Kar case, Trinamool Congress, West Bengal police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/former-tmc-mla-nirmal-ghosh-arrested-in-odisha-over-rg-kar-cremation/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/former-tmc-mla-nirmal-ghosh-arrested-in-odisha-over-rg-kar-cremation/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.