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Former MLA Vishwajit Das Arrested with Illegal Weapons, Sent to Jail
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News18•28-09-2026, 19:19
Former MLA Vishwajit Das Arrested with Illegal Weapons, Sent to Jail
- •Former MLA Vishwajit Das has been arrested from North 24 Parganas district and sent to jail.
- •Police stopped his car in Gopalnagar market area and found illegal weapons during the search.
- •The police did not disclose the type of weapons found but confirmed their seizure.
- •Vishwajit Das, who won on a BJP ticket in 2021, later rejoined the Trinamool Congress.
- •BJP MLA Debdas Mandal and a former councilor alleged Das should have been arrested earlier and accused him of various wrongdoings.
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Former West Bengal MLA Vishwajit Das was arrested after police stopped his car in the Gopalnagar market area and recovered sophisticated, illegal weapons for which he could not produce a valid license.
Vishwajit Das was arrested on a Monday in the North 24 Parganas district, specifically following a car search near the Gopalnagar market area and Kalibari intersection in Bongaon.
Vishwajit Das was elected as an MLA on a Trinamool Congress ticket in 2011 and 2016, won the Bagdah seat for the BJP in 2021, and later returned to Trinamool before losing the 2026 assembly elections to BJP's Ashok Kirtania.
