Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Two Trinamool Supporters Arrested After Mukundapur Clash Complaints
Police arrested two Trinamool supporters after a clash in Mukundapur.
The arrests followed complaints filed by two women.
The women said they were abused, stopped, attacked or touched inappropriately.
The complaints named several Trinamool leaders and supporters.
One complaint involved an alleged road blockade near Mukund Bhawan.
The other concerned an incident near Purba Jadavpur police station.
Trinamool leader Dola Sen said the arrests were unfair persecution.
Police said Baiswanar Chatterjee’s separate complaint was not yet an FIR because he had not signed it at the station.
Kolkata Police arrested Trinamool supporters Sreedip Das and Bikram Pandey over one of two complaints linked to Tuesday’s Mukundapur violence.
Two women filed FIRs alleging that Trinamool leaders and supporters abused, restrained, assaulted and molested them.
The first FIR names Trinamool IT cell head Upasana Chowdhury, Das, Pandey and six others.
The second FIR names Upasana Chowdhury and Trinamool leader Humayun Kabir over alleged abuse and inappropriate touching near Purba Jadavpur police station.
Trinamool leader Dola Sen accused the government of persecuting party supporters, while a complaint from Baiswanar Chatterjee had not yet become an FIR.
- Who
- Kolkata Police arrested Trinamool supporters Sreedip Das and Bikram Pandey; complaints also named Upasana Chowdhury and Humayun Kabir.
- What
- Two FIRs were filed over alleged abuse, molestation, assault and obstruction during violence linked to a Mukundapur incident.
- When
- The violence and alleged incidents occurred Tuesday evening; the arrests and police statements were reported Wednesday.
- Where
- Mukundapur, near Mukund Bhawan, and outside Purba Jadavpur police station.
- Why
- The arrests followed two women’s complaints alleging misconduct and violence by Trinamool leaders and supporters.
Police Complaints and Investigation
Trinamool’s Persecution Claim
Basis for arrests
Police Complaints and Investigation
Police arrested Sreedip Das and Bikram Pandey in connection with a woman’s complaint alleging assault, molestation-related conduct, obstruction and intimidation.
Trinamool’s Persecution Claim
Dola Sen said Trinamool supporters were being persecuted and described the arrests as unjust while alleging that party members were facing atrocities.
Account of the violence
Police Complaints and Investigation
Two women’s FIRs accuse Trinamool leaders and supporters of abuse, inappropriate touching, assault and blocking movement.
Trinamool’s Persecution Claim
Humayun Kabir alleged that he was beaten outside Purba Jadavpur police station in front of about 50 police officers, while Dola Sen said Trinamool leaders had been subjected to injustice.
- Arrested
- Sreedip Das, 38, and Bikram Pandey, 32
- Political affiliation
- Police sources identified both arrested men as Trinamool supporters.
- Complaints
- Two women’s complaints were registered as FIRs.
- First allegation
- A woman alleged that Trinamool leaders and supporters blocked a road near Mukund Bhawan and attacked her after she protested.
- Second allegation
- A woman alleged that she was abused and touched inappropriately near Purba Jadavpur police station, with her right hand twisted when she protested.
- Named accused
- The FIRs name Upasana Chowdhury, Humayun Kabir, Sreedip Das, Bikram Pandey and others.
- Pending complaint
- Baiswanar Chatterjee’s emailed complaint had not been converted into an FIR because he had not yet signed it at the police station.