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Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh arrested in Odisha over RG Kar cremation
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested by West Bengal Police from a hotel in Balasore, Odisha, on Thursday in connection with the August 2024 rape-murder of a junior doctor at…
The Story in Brief
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested by West Bengal Police from a hotel in Balasore, Odisha, on Thursday in connection with the August 2024 rape-murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Police tracked him via mobile surveillance after he allegedly switched SIM cards to evade capture.
Ghosh faces charges of destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy, and forcing a person to act against their will, following a fresh FIR filed by the victim’s father at Khardah police station. The complaint alleges Ghosh, along with former municipality chairman Somnath Dey and neighbour Sanjib Mukherjee, pressured the family into a hurried cremation the night of August 9, 2024, to prevent a second autopsy. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had ordered a fresh probe into the cremation. Ghosh is expected to be produced before a Barrackpore court on Friday.
The Indian Opinion
A former MLA on the run for months is caught in a hotel, allegedly on a new SIM card. This arrest smells less of a political fix and more of a desperate attempt by the Bengal government to show action after public outrage. The central question remains: was the forced cremation a rogue act or part of a larger cover-up? The father’s FIR names three men. Watch if police custody for Ghosh leads to the other two accused and, crucially, who ordered the cremation protocols waived late on an August night.
Sources (3): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, timesnownews.com, assamtribune.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
