Tuesday saw high drama in West Bengal as the state police searched for a Bharatiya Janata Party leader to arrest him in a drug case. Rakes...
Tuesday saw high drama in West Bengal as the state police searched for a Bharatiya Janata Party leader to arrest him in a drug case.
Rakesh Singh’s name had been linked with the seizure of more than a 100 grams of cocaine allegedly from the car of Pamela Goswami – who is also a BJP leader.
High drama
Singh first refused to surrender to the police, telling them that he needed to go to Delhi to do some work for the BJP. In the meanwhile, he filed a petition with the Calcutta High Court, asking it to quash the police order asking him to appear before them. The petition was dismissed by the court.
While the petition was being heard, the police visited Singh’s house in Kolkata. There they were stopped by Singh’s two sons, who refused to let the policemen into the house. More drama followed, as the police surrounded the building. “If you are in a hurry, break down our door,” the recalcitrant son told the police.
After hours of this stand-off, the police entered the house once the petition had been dismissed. However, Singh himself was on the run. He was tracked down after the police made one of his sons call him, thus allowing the authorities...
