Overview
- Khan was arrested near the India–Nepal border in the Panitanki area on Monday by the West Bengal Special Task Force working with Darjeeling police.
- A Diamond Harbour court remanded him to five days of police custody after multiple FIRs were filed at Falta police station, including extortion and a robbery case involving a businessman.
- On Thursday a video that went viral showed Khan walking through Falta in a white shirt and shorts under helmeted police escort, drawing public and media attention to how he was handled.
- Public entry to the courtroom was restricted during his hearing and the judge appointed a legal aid advocate after local lawyers declined to represent him.
- Khan had been the TMC candidate for Falta but withdrew before the May 21 repoll; the arrest and the public escort are likely to increase scrutiny of police procedures and could prompt political and legal challenges, while one report’s claim he is a close aide of Abhishek Banerjee remains limited to a single source.