Pamela Goswami cocaine case: BJP s Rakesh Singh asked me to buy drugs, claims arrested aide
Pamela Goswami cocaine case: BJP s Rakesh Singh asked me to buy drugs, claims arrested aide
Amrita Singh, arrested in connection with the Pamela Goswami drug possession case, claimed BJP leader Rakesh Singh asked her to procure cocaine.
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File photos of arrested BJP leaders Pamela Goswami and Rakesh Singh
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Kolkata Police arrested BJP leaders Pamela Goswami, Rakesh Singh in connection with the case
On February 20, 90 grams of cocaine was recovered from Goswami s car and bag
Kolkata Police has made another arrest in the alleged drug possession case involving BJP youth leader Pamela Goswami. Identified as one Amrita Singh, the suspect was produced before an NDPS court on Tuesday afternoon and remanded in police custody till March 18.
Lawyer representing BJP leader Pamela Goswami in cocaine case withdraws citing threat to family
Lawyer representing BJP leader Pamela Goswami in cocaine case withdraws citing threat to family
Lawyer Shubhadeep Roy, representing BJP leader Pamela Goswami in the cocaine case, said he withdrew after he and his family were threatened.
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File photo of youth BJP leader Pamela Goswami (Picture Courtesy: Twitter @PamelaGoswami8)
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Miscreants threatened my family, lawyer Shubhadeep Roy told India Today
Youth BJP leader Pamela Goswami was arrested in possession of cocaine
Pamela Goswami s lawyer has withdrawn himself from the drug possession case involving the youth BJP leader. Shubhadeep Roy, Pamela Goswami s lawyer, now claims there was a threat to his family if he had decided against dropping the youth BJP leader s case.
Rakesh Singh was held from Purba Bardhaman district (File photo)
KOLKATA: The police on Tuesday night arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh from Galsi area of West Bengal s Purba Bardhaman district in connection with his alleged involvement in a drug seizure case, a senior officer said.
His two sons were also arrested by the Kolkata Police s narcotics section for stopping its personnel from entering the residence of the BJP state committee member in the port area of the city, he said.
Pamela Goswami, state secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), was arrested along with a friend and her personal security guard from south Kolkata s New Alipore area on February 19 after seizing around 90 gm of cocaine from her car. Goswami then alleged that it was a conspiracy of Singh.
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