His two sons were also arrested for obstructing the police
The Bengal police on Tuesday arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh in a case involving seizure of narcotics. On February 19, the Kolkata police arrested secretary of party youth wing Pamela Goswami on charges of possession of about 90 grams of cocaine in the New Alipore area. Ms. Goswami had said she was being framed by Mr. Singh.
“I want CID to probe the matter. Mr. Singh, who is close to Kaliash Vijayvargiya, is behind all this,” she told journalists while being produced before the court on February 20.
The police had sent a notice to Mr. Singh under Section 160 of Cr.P.C. but he refused to present himself before them. The day witnessed dramatic developments with a huge contingent arriving at his residence in Kidderpore area. For hours, the police personnel were not allowed to enter the house.
Goswami, a former fashion model and small-time actress, was remanded in police custody till February 25.
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KOLKATA: The father of Pamela Goswami, the flamboyant youth wing leader of the BJP arrested for alleged possession of cocaine, had told Kolkata police she had become a drug addict under the influence of a friend whom he wanted to be kept under watch , police sources said Saturday.
Sources in the city police said Goswami and her friend Prabeer Kumar Dey, who was arrested with her on Friday, were living together for some time.
Clad in a red saree, a bespectacled Goswami created a flutter at a city court where she was produced, trying to wriggle out of the grasp of police and screaming that Rakesh Singh, a close aide of BJP s West Bengal pointsman Kailash Vijayvargiya, plotted her arrest.
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A BJP youth-wing leader Pamela Goswami along with her associate was arrested on Friday with 100 gram cocaine worth of Rs 10 lakh from south Kolkata s posh New Alipore area, police said on Saturday.
Police officials said that Goswami, the General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), along with an associate Prabir Kumar Dey were detained while they were moving in a car. Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the car and around 100 gm of cocaine was found in her handbag. The approximate market value of the contraband drugs would be around Rs 10 lakh, police officials said.
Kolkata Police Arrest BJP Youth Leader, Claim She Had Cocaine in Handbag
A team of policemen in eight vehicles surrounded Pamela Goswami s car and made the arrests.
Pamela Goswami. Photo: Facebook/Pamela Goswami/@Pamelakolkata
Politics19/Feb/2021
Kolkata: BJP’s youth-wing leader Pamela Goswami was arrested with cocaine from south Kolkata’s upscale New Alipore area on Friday, police said.
Goswami, the state secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), was along with a friend, identified as Prabir Kumar Dey, in her car when both of them were nabbed, they said.
Around 100 gm of cocaine was allegedly found in her handbag, and other parts of the car, police said.