The Kolkata Police, on Saturday, arrested Congress spokesperson and lawyer Koustav Bagchi for his derogatory remarks made on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Bagchi had made remarks on the West Bengal CM for her dig on the state Congress Chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

As per the reports, the arrest of the Congress leader comes days after the ruling TMC lost from their bastion Sagardigihi in the by-election in Murshidabad district.

The Congress leader was arrested by the Kolkata police on Saturday after a complaint was filed in the matter on Friday. As per the reports, a team from Burtolla police station raided Bagchi’s house at Barrackpore North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. As per the reports, the raid happened at 3:30 in the early morning following which the Congress leader was arrested.

The reports said that Congress’s Koustav Bagchi was taken to Burtolla Police station after his arrest. Following the Congres leader’s arrest, the party workers assembled at the police station to demonstrate against the police’s action.

The Congress leader was charged under sections 120b (criminal conspiracy), 153 (provocation to cause riot), 354a (sexual harassment), 504 (intentional insult), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), 506 (criminal intimidation) 509 (insult modesty of woman).

During the Congress leader’s arrest, he also spoke to the media and termed the police’s actions as illegal. He further slammed the TMC and said that his legal aid will see Banerjee in court and also fight the case in the streets.

The face-off between the Congress and Trinamool Congress escalated after the Congress and the Left dethroned the TMC from their bastion in the Sagardigihi constituency in the by-election.

Following the loss faced by TMC, Mamta Banerjee remarked against the Congress state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and asked questions about his daughter’s suicide She further raised questions on the murder of Chowdhury’s driver. She told the media that she knows a lot of things and threatened them to not force her into opening her mouth.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Saturday assured the migrant workers and promised that the state will stand with them in case of attack. The statement by the Tamil Nadu CM comes in the wake of rumors of migrant workers from Bihar being attacked in the state.

As per the reports, the officials from Bihar and Tamil Nadu have also dubbed the spreading news of Bihar migrant workers being attacked in Tamil Nadu as false. The fake news about the Bihar migrant workers being targeted has also been raised in the Bihar assembly.

However, CM MK Stalin has come forward to thwart the rumors and issued a statement where he assured migrant workers and asked them to not fear. He also said that if anyone threatens them, they can call on the helpline, and the Tamil Nadu government and the people will stand in support of the migrant brothers.

As per the reports, the migrant workers are scheduled to meet with the Bihar officials and local officials in the state. It has also been reported that the Bihar police and the Tamil Nadu Police are discerningly looking into the matter and have also told the media that fake news in the case are spreading over social media.

Bihar Chief Minister, after holding a review meeting on the matter with top officials, directed a team to go to Tamil Nadu and carry out confidence-building measures.

As per the reports, the District Collectors in Tamil Nadu requested the migrant workers to not be scared after the fake news spread and caused pandemonium among the migrant workers. The Tamil Nadu Police also talked about the videos of migrant workers getting beaten on social media and called them to be fake.

The Police Director General C Sylendra Babu also said that two videos of the incident have been going viral on social media which are dated and happened in Tiruppur and Coimbatore.

The anti-corruption wing of the Karnataka Lokayukta recently raided the premises of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa’s son in Bengaluru and recovered Rs 8 crore in cash. Now the politics of Karnataka has heated up on this issue. Congress plans to corner the government on the issue of alleged corruption and today Karnataka Congress is protesting in Bengaluru. The police have detained several leaders including Congress leader and former CM Siddaramaiah.

Former CM and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said that the Chief Minister is lying that his government is corruption free. “We have never supported terrorism. Why would Congress support terrorism? Amit Shah is also a big liar,” Siddaramaiah said that we will discuss the issue of protests against the government today.

The accused son is an officer of administrative service

Madal Virupakshappa’s son Prashant Kumar, who was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Wing while accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh, is a Karnataka Administrative Services officer and is currently posted as Chief Accountant in the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

In the raid of the Anti-Corruption Wing, about two crore rupees have been recovered from the office of KSDL and in the raid from the house of Prashant, about six crore rupees have been recovered. Investigation revealed that this bribe was given for awarding the contract for supply of raw material and the matter was settled for Rs 80 lakh, out of which Rs 40 lakh was given as the first instalment.

Moreover, Assembly elections are due in Karnataka later this year. In such a situation, the opposition Congress is preparing to raise this issue vigorously. The Congress has earlier also accused the Basavaraj Bommai government of embezzlement. On the other hand, the BJP government says that the Lokayukta has been re-implemented in Karnataka only to curb corruption. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said strict action would be taken against the guilty.