Jay Prakash Majumdar

A senior BJP leader was heckled, slapped, pushed and kicked into bushes by the side of a road in Islampur amid bypolls to three assembly seats in West Bengal on Monday. Jay Prakash Majumdar, also the party candidate for the Karimpur assembly seat, was visiting polling stations when the incident occurred near a local school around 10:30 am.

West Bengal BJP Vice-President Jay Prakash Majumdar was arrested on Saturday evening for allegedly cheating job seekers. Mr Majumdar has been booked for cheating, criminal breach of trust and intimidation under sections 420, 506 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code.

A senior BJP leader was heckled, slapped, pushed and kicked into bushes by the side of a road in Islampur amid bypolls to three assembly seats in West Bengal on Monday. Jay Prakash Majumdar, also the party candidate for the Karimpur assembly seat, was visiting polling stations when the incident occurred near a local school around 10:30 am.

West Bengal BJP Vice-President Jay Prakash Majumdar was arrested on Saturday evening for allegedly cheating job seekers. Mr Majumdar has been booked for cheating, criminal breach of trust and intimidation under sections 420, 506 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code.