West Bengal TMC leader Arabul Islam arrested

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Arabul Islam was today arrested for allegedly orchestrating an attack on former WB minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah in South 24 Parganas district on 6 January. Islam was taken into custody from near the Paroma Island on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass after CPI(M) demanded his arrest for masterminding the attack on Mollah at Kantatala, police said. [caption id=“attachment_592164” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Mollah, who was attacked on 6 January, is admitted to a private hospital. Screen grab/ibnlive[/caption]Mollah, who was attacked on 6 January, is admitted to a private hospital here. Islam was admitted to a private nursing home at Rajarhat on 8 January after CPI(M) cadres allegedly fired at his vehicle and attacked him at Bamanghata in the district. In a virtual indictment of the state government, West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan had said that goondaism was taking place in the state. PTI