Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Rejinagar Bypoll Candidate Arrested in 2021 Clash Case
Police arrested Saiful Islam, an Independent candidate in the Rejinagar election in West Bengal.
The case is about a fight between two groups during the 2021 state election.
Police said Islam had been named in that case.
Islam is linked with the Aam Janata Unnayan Party, which is supporting another candidate in Rejinagar.
The arrest happened before bypolls in Rejinagar and Nandigram on October 6.
A Congress candidate in Nandigram was also arrested in an older protest-related case.
Police separately asked AJUP leader Humayun Kabir to answer questions about an alleged plan to create community tensions.
Police also arrested an AJUP official and another man over alleged fake money and illegal weapons.
Police arrested Independent Rejinagar bypoll candidate Saiful Islam over a clash during the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.
Islam is associated with Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party, which has nominated Kabir’s son Golam Nabi Azad in Rejinagar.
The arrest came a day after police arrested Congress Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan in an old land-acquisition protest case.
Police directed AJUP chief Humayun Kabir to appear in a case alleging a conspiracy to inflame tensions between two communities.
AJUP state secretary Ashik Iqbal and another person were arrested in Murshidabad over alleged possession of counterfeit currency and illegal arms.
- Who
- Saiful Islam, an Independent Rejinagar bypoll candidate, was arrested; police also took action involving AJUP figures and Congress candidate Milan Pradhan.
- What
- Islam was arrested in a case concerning a clash between two groups during the 2021 Assembly elections.
- When
- The arrest was reported on September 19 and 20, ahead of the October 6 bypolls.
- Where
- Rejinagar, West Bengal; officials from Berhampore police station made the arrest.
- Why
- Police said Islam was named in the case involving the 2021 election clash.
- Arrested candidate
- Saiful Islam, an Independent candidate for the Rejinagar Assembly bypoll
- Case involving Islam
- A clash between two groups during the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections
- Upcoming bypolls
- Rejinagar and Nandigram, scheduled for October 6
- Party association
- Islam is associated with Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party
- AJUP nominee
- Golam Nabi Azad, Humayun Kabir’s son, was nominated for Rejinagar
- Notice to party chief
- Humayun Kabir was directed to appear before investigators in an alleged community-tension conspiracy case
- Additional arrests
- AJUP state secretary Ashik Iqbal and another person were arrested in Murshidabad over alleged counterfeit currency and illegal arms
