Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rakesh Singh was on Tuesday arrested in connection with a drugs seizure case from West Bengal’s East Burdwan...
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rakesh Singh was on Tuesday arrested in connection with a drugs seizure case from West Bengal’s East Burdwan district, The Hindu reported. BJP youth wing leader Pamela Goswami, who was arrested on February 19 for allegedly carrying 90 grams of cocaine, had accused Singh of framing her.
Singh was allegedly fleeing the state in a car, according to NDTV. The Kolkata Police have also arrested Singh’s two sons for allegedly trying to prevent them from entering their residence over the absence of a search warrant, which arrived later. The sons were identified as Suvam Singh, 25, and Saheb Singh, 21, reported India Today.
Singh’s sons claimed the police action against their father was vendetta and politically motivated. “My father is being victimised,” Saheb Singh told NDTV. “I don’t know anything about Pamela Goswami and the drugs case. My father is not involved. He is being victimised, I don’t know why.”
Rakesh Singh’s daughter Simran Singh alleged that the police assaulted her. “They pushed me, a lady police officer kicked me,” she told India Today. “My mother is in depression. They took my brothers away. I want justice. I will fight for it. I have not been allowed to meet my brothers. They did not mention why they were taking away my brothers.”
She claimed...
