The Bidhannagar City Police on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) arrested the prominent Trinamool Congress leader Jay Prakash Majumdar for allegedly harassing a woman and illegally occupying her house since 2015.
Officials from Bidhannagar (North) police station said, Mr. Majumdar had entered the property as a tenant around 12 years ago but subsequently stopped paying rent and continued to occupy the house.
“He also put a big lock for years and barred the woman Srimoyee Mukherjee and her daughter Arati Roy Chowdhury entering the premises. He had huge political influence in the area and therefore the victims also did not say anything. The TMC leader of refusing to vacate the premises despite repeated requests ,” said the officer.
On Wednesday (June 3, 2026) morning, Mr. Majumdar came to visit that house when Mrs. Roy Chowdhury stopped him. Later, Mr Majumdar also got into a brawl with her and pushed her out of the house following which local residents gathered in the area and started thrashing him.
The police immediately arrived in the spot and detained him. “In the evening, Mrs. Roy Chowdhury also lodged an FIR at the police station under sections 329 (4), 308 (2), 115 (2), 74, 318 (4) of BNS following which we have arrested him formally,” he added.
Mr. Majumdar, a current State vice president of Trinamool Congress, joined the party in 2022 after he was suspended from BJP for publicly criticising the party for their defeat in 2021 Assembly election.
His arrest also comes amid the ongoing crackdown on the TMC leaders across the State. Over hundreds of leaders including the legislators and councillors have been arrested since the BJP government came to the power mostly on various charges of corruption.
The Councillor of ward no 36 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Arjit Das Thakur, was also arrested on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) only a day after another from ward no. 106, Sachin Singh, on Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
Earlier the police also arrested the Kalna MLA Debo Prasad Bag, Bishnupur MLA Dilip Mondal, Purbasthali North MLA Tapan Chattopadhyay, former Burdwan South MLA Khokon Das, former Chinsurah MLA Asit Mazumder, and also several councillors including Sudip Polley from ward no 123 in KMC.
Police have meanwhile also lodged an FIR against TMC leader Debashish Banerjee and another person Paritosh Dutta after two suitcases containing termite-infested cash and a firearm have been recovered from the union room of Surendranath College.
Published – June 03, 2026 10:33 pm IST
