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Former TMC MLA Sanat Dey arrested for extortion, post-poll violence
The Story in Brief
The Story in Brief
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Sanat Dey was arrested on Saturday in North 24 Parganas district for alleged extortion and involvement in post-poll violence from the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, indiatvnews.com reports. Police took him into custody at a home in Duttapukur after a search.
The arrest is part of a continuing probe into the violence and extortion linked to the 2021 polls. Dey, a one-time TMC legislator, faces accusations that have not been detailed in the report. The case underscores the slow legal process in Bengal's post-election clashes.
The Indian Opinion
Opposition parties will seize on Dey's arrest to paint the TMC as institutionally violent, while TMC loyalists cry political vendetta absent evidence. The reality is that Bengal's post-poll violence has seen few convictions, so neither narrative holds water. The concrete test will be whether the police file a chargesheet within the statutory period or if the case quietly disappears.
Source: indiatvnews.com
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