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BJP leader Rakesh Singh arrested in drug seizure case
Published : Feb 24, 2021, 10:12 am IST
Updated : Feb 24, 2021, 10:12 am IST
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The police on Tuesday night arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh from Galsi area of West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district

Kolkata: The police on Tuesday night arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh from Galsi area of West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district in connection with his alleged involvement in a drug seizure case, a senior officer said.

His two sons were also arrested by the Kolkata Police's narcotics section for stopping its personnel from entering the residence of the BJP state committee member in the port area of the city, he said.

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Pamela Goswami, state secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), was arrested along with a friend and her personal security guard from south Kolkata's New Alipore area on February 19 after seizing around 90 gm of cocaine from her car. Goswami then alleged that it was a conspiracy of Singh.

The Kolkata police served a notice to Singh asking him to appear before investigators at Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar during the day in connection with the case.

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