TMC leader Jahangir Khan arrested near India-Nepal border in extortion case

Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan was arrested near the India-Nepal border in north Bengal in connection with extortion charges. Multiple FIRs had been registered against him, and his interim protection was recently revoked by the Calcutta High Court

Diamond Harbour: Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan was on Monday arrested near the India-Nepal border in north Bengal on “extortion” charges, police said. The Calcutta High Court had on May 26 vacated an interim protection granted to Khan, against whom seven FIRs were registered at Falta police station in South 24 Parganas district.

“Khan was arrested from the India-Nepal border area in north Bengal,” a police officer said. Details with regard to the arrest were, however, not divulged by the police. Khan had come fourth in the Falta assembly repoll on May 21, after he had announced withdrawal of his candidature days before the contest.

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