Overview
- Former North Bengal minister Udayan Guha was arrested from his Kolkata home and produced in Dinhata after police accused him of corruption tied to a housing scheme.
- After six days in police custody, the Dinhata Sub‑Divisional Court sent Guha to five days of judicial custody and set a return hearing for June 29.
- Police have registered an FIR naming 14 accused under sections for criminal breach of trust, cheating, extortion and criminal conspiracy, with Guha listed as the principal accused.
- Investigators say funds were collected under the banner Shishu Mangal Samiti for a proposed pediatric intensive care unit at Dinhata Hospital, with some collections documented and a larger sum reportedly unaccounted for.
- Tensions flared at court appearances as BJP workers and local residents protested outside, and prosecutors cited Guha’s heart-related health issues when the court chose judicial custody over further police remand.