Overview
- Police detained Ujjal Biswas at his Krishnanagar home and arrested him after about an hour of questioning on Tuesday night in a case alleging illegal storage of government relief supplies.
- Officers and eyewitnesses say tarpaulins, dhotis, sarees and other clothes identified as state relief materials were recovered from his residence and catalogued as part of the inquiry.
- A crowd that gathered at the house broke into parts of the home, yelled slogans, vandalised files and threw eggs at Biswas before police removed him from the scene.
- Biswas and his family reject the charges, saying the items were part of his official allocation for public distribution and that he had asked the district administration to collect undistributed goods.
- Authorities and reporters place the arrest within a wider enforcement push after the election that has already seen arrests of other TMC figures, including an ED case against ex‑minister Sujit Bose, and could lead to more probes and FIRs against former party officials.