Trinamool Councillor arrested after woman files sexual abuse case

The Regent Park Police Station under Kolkata Police, on Thursday, arrested Biswajit Mondal, a Trinamool Congress Councillor from Ward No. 114 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). 

He was arrested in connection with a 2024 incident in Regent Park, Kolkata, involving the harassment and assault of a woman.

With the arrest of Mondal, a three-time Councillor, the total number of arrested Trinamool Councillors in KMC in the last three days, under various charges, mostly corruption and extortion, has risen to four. Insiders from the city police said that the victim woman accused Mondal of molesting and sexually harassing her



twice, first in March 2024 and on May 9 this year.

She had also accused Mondal of using obscene language and threatening her. She has also alleged that when, for the first time, she was sexually assaulted by Mondal, she approached the police then also. However, she claimed, at that point in time no action was initiated against the arrested councillor because of his association with the ruling party in the state.

After he repeated the same offence last month, she again approached the Regent Park Police Station. This time her complaint was registered, an investigation was initiated, and finally Mondal was arrested on Thursday morning.