GENERAL19 Sept 2026
Cong's Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan sent to custody till Oct 3
Congress's Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan was sent to judicial custody till October 3, a day after his arrest in West Bengal. Police cite four old warrants from the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement, with charges including murder and rioting. His arrest came hours after Mamata Banerjee backed him for the October 6 bypoll. Opposition parties call it political targeting.
Key Statutory Highlights
- The Haldia Subdivisional Court remanded Milan Pradhan to judicial custody for 14 days on three warrants linked to Nandigram police station cases, and he will be produced before the Contai court on Monday for the fourth warrant.
- West Bengal Police said he was arrested on four pending warrants in non-bailable cases from the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement, covering rioting, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and criminal intimidation, and he was also booked under the Arms Act.
- His arrest came within hours of Mamata Banerjee announcing support for him in the October 6 Nandigram bypoll, and both the Congress and her Trinamool faction alleged the case was being used to target the opposition.
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