Kolkata: Police have filed serious charges including attempt to murder, assault with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman and causing grievous hurt against Trinamool Congress strongman Tajemul Islam, arrested in the Chopra beating case, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Have installed.
Islam, who was sent to five-day police custody by a local court in West Bengal's North Dinajpur on Monday, also has 12 old criminal cases pending against him, including a murder case.
He was arrested on Sunday after a video surfaced showing him brutally beating a couple in Chopra.
The incident sparked controversy, leading Governor CV Anand Bose to seek a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while the BJP accused the ruling TMC of "establishing Taliban rule" in the state.
Bose is scheduled to reach Chopra late tonight, where he plans to meet the victims and local residents and submit a report to the central government on his findings.
"Islam is a well-known powerful man in the area and has a criminal record. His name had cropped up in a murder case in Chopra in 2021. Our officials have started interrogating him," the IPS officer said.
Islam, a close aide of Chopra MLA Hamidul Rehman, was earlier arrested for his alleged role in the murder of CPI(M) leader Mansoor Naimul just ahead of the panchayat elections in 2023.
Islam, who was sent to five-day police custody by a local court in West Bengal's North Dinajpur on Monday, also has 12 old criminal cases pending against him, including a murder case.
He was arrested on Sunday after a video surfaced showing him brutally beating a couple in Chopra.
The incident sparked controversy, leading Governor CV Anand Bose to seek a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while the BJP accused the ruling TMC of "establishing Taliban rule" in the state.
Bose is scheduled to reach Chopra late tonight, where he plans to meet the victims and local residents and submit a report to the central government on his findings.
"Islam is a well-known powerful man in the area and has a criminal record. His name had cropped up in a murder case in Chopra in 2021. Our officials have started interrogating him," the IPS officer said.
Islam, a close aide of Chopra MLA Hamidul Rehman, was earlier arrested for his alleged role in the murder of CPI(M) leader Mansoor Naimul just ahead of the panchayat elections in 2023.
