2 min readKolkataJun 9, 2026 10:02 AM IST
Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor and former Bidhannagar Municipality chairman Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested late on Monday night from his residence in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in an extortion case. Dutta denied the allegations, saying the case was “fabricated”.
A police team from Bidhannagar North police station arrested Dutta from his Rajarhat residence based on a First Information Report (FIR) that was registered after a local businessman, Madhusudan Chakraborty, accused the TMC leader of mental torture and making death threats against him.
Chakraborty alleged that Dutta, a former MLA, had extorted Rs 1.05 crore in cash from him in February 2018. After the complaint was registered, the police raided Dutta’s flat in a multi-storey building in Newtown. Dutta was initially detained and later arrested. Police sources said they have some evidence regarding the allegations.
The development comes amid a crisis within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ranks, within a month of losing the Assembly polls to the BJP.
On Tuesday morning, while being taken to hospital for a medical check-up, Dutta told the media, “It is completely fabricated and false. Anyone can make a complaint. I have not taken any money.”
Dutta will be produced before the Bidhannagar court, where the police are expected to seek his custody.
Dutta had contested the Assembly elections on a Trinamool ticket from Barasat constituency and lost to the BJP. Earlier, he was a Trinamool MLA from the Rajarhat-Newtown constituency and also served as Bidhannagar mayor. He is the current councillor of Bidhannagar Ward No. 31.
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