Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Influential Trinamool Congress leader Iftikhar Ahmed, alias Pappu, has been arrested by the West Bengal’s East Burdwan district police in connection with multiple criminal cases, including alleged extortion at gunpoint and issuing death threats, police said on Thursday.Police said Ahmed was arrested on Wednesday in the Viringi area of Durgapur in neighbouring West Burdwan district. He is the husband of former Burdwan Municipality councillor Shefali Begum, who resigne…
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Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders have been arrested in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district on charges of extortion, corruption, and criminal intimidation, police said on Sunday. Both had been absconding and will be produced before a court.The arrested leaders have been identified as Sumit Sharma and Syed Kalimuddin alias Bappa. Sumit is a councillor of Ward No. 1 of Burdwan Municipality. He is known to be close to former Trinamool MLA Khokan Das, who was arrested earl…