Kolkata police arrests BJP leader Rakesh Singh in Pamela Goswami drug case
Kolkata Police on Tuesday (February 23) arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh from Galsi in Purba Burdwan district in connection with the Pamela Goswami drugs case.
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FollowPamela Goswami, the arrested state secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), had accused Rakesh Singh of framing her in the drug case.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Kolkata Police entered the residence of BJP leader Rakesh Singh. According to sources, the Kolkata Police had to wait outside Rakesh Singh's residence since the family insisted on seeing a search warrant before letting them inside.
The Additional Commissioners of Police (ACPs) of both sections were present during the search operation.
Kolkata Police's Detective Department has also detained Rakesh Singh's two sons. Rakesh Singh was asked to appear before the department concerned to record his statement under Section 160 of the CrPC in connection with the Pamela Goswami drug case.
Rakesh Singh moved the HC through his lawyers seeking a stay on and quashing of the notice by the police to appear before it on Tuesday as a witness in the case.
However, the HC dismissed Singh’s petition. Kolkata police arrested Rakesh Singh after getting the warrant. Earlier on Saturday (February 23), Pamela Goswami was sent to police remand till February 25 by an NDPS court.
