Trinamool Congress leader Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested on Tuesday morning from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on charges of extortion and criminal intimidation, police said.
The former Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) chairman was arrested over a businessman's complaint, who had alleged that Dutta was involved in extortion activities, news agency PTI reported.
Dutta had joined the BJP in 2019 and returned to the Mamata Banerjee-led party a couple of years later. He unsuccessfully contested the Barasat seat in the 2026 assembly elections.
The arrest comes at a time when the party is witnessing a series of high-profile arrests in connection with various cases being probed by law enforcement agencies.
