Kolkata, New Delhi, INDIA. New York, USA.
Business To Business, Kolkata, 01st July, 2026: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Bidhannagar mayor-in-council member Debraj Chakraborty was arrested from West Bengal's Purulia district on Wednesday in connection with an investigation into alleged disproportionate assets and financial irregularities, police said.
Chakraborty was apprehended from the Purulia Sadar police station area and is also believed to share close ties with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
According to a police officer, Chakraborty was taken into custody on Wednesday evening and is being brought to Kolkata, where he will be produced before a court on Thursday.
The arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of financial irregularities and the accumulation of assets disproportionate to known sources of income.