Diamond Harbour (West Bengal)

Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan was on Monday arrested near the India-Nepal border in north Bengal on “extortion” charges, police said.

The Calcutta High Court had on May 26 vacated an interim protection granted to Khan, against whom seven FIRs were registered at Falta police station in South 24 Parganas district.

“Khan was arrested from the India-Nepal border area in north Bengal,” a police officer said.

Details with regard to the arrest were, however, not divulged by the police.

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Khan had come fourth in the Falta assembly repoll on May 21, after he had announced withdrawal of his candidature days before the contest.