Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Bengal BJP leader arrested for abducting businessman's son
Police in West Bengal, India, arrested a man named Biswajit Talukdar.
He was an important leader in a political party called the BJP.
Police say he asked a business owner to give him money.
When the business owner did not pay, the leader is accused of taking the business owner's son.
The business owner filed a complaint with the police.
The police went to the leader's home on Friday night and arrested him.
They also say he regularly took money from trucks driving on a big highway.
Even some people in his own party were upset and said he should be punished.
The party's top leader in the state had warned workers not to do such things.
Police are still investigating what happened.
Biswajit Talukdar, vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Tufanganj-4 mandal, was arrested in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal.
He is accused of demanding extortion money from a businessman from Alipurduar and abducting the businessman's son after the demand was not met.
The businessman filed a complaint against Talukdar at Boxirhat police station.
Talukdar was arrested from his residence in Tufanganj late on Friday night.
He is also accused of regularly collecting money from goods vehicles and stone-laden dumpers on the national highway connecting West Bengal and Assam.
- Who
- Biswajit Talukdar, vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Tufanganj-4 mandal; the complainant is a businessman from Alipurduar.
- What
- Talukdar was arrested for allegedly demanding extortion money and abducting the businessman's son when the demand was not met.
- When
- Late Friday night, when Talukdar was arrested from his residence in Tufanganj.
- Where
- Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India; the complaint was filed at Boxirhat police station.
- Why
- Allegedly because the businessman's family failed to pay the demanded extortion amount.
- Accused
- Biswajit Talukdar
- Party role
- Vice-president of the BJP's Tufanganj-4 mandal
- District
- Cooch Behar, West Bengal
- Complaint filed at
- Boxirhat police station
- Complainant
- A businessman from Alipurduar
- Arrest location
- Talukdar's residence in Tufanganj, late Friday night
- Additional allegations
- Regularly collecting money from goods vehicles and stone-laden dumpers on the national highway between West Bengal and Assam
- Party response
- BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya had repeatedly warned workers against extortion; Cooch Behar district vice-president Biraj Basu said strict action would be taken
