In dramatic developments, General Secretary of Bengal BJP Yuva Morcha Pamela Goswami was arrested for possession of cocaine.
On Friday evening, a BJP youth leader was arrested in Bengal’s Kolkata for allegedly carrying 100 gm cocaine.
In dramatic developments, General Secretary of Bengal BJP Yuva Morcha Pamela Goswami was arrested for possession of cocaine worth a few lakhs found in her purse and under the seat of the car she was in. Prabir Kumar Dey, her friend and colleague in the Yuva Morcha, was accompanying her in the car and was also arrested.
The arrest reportedly took place early evening in the upscale New Alipore area. Police swooped down on them when Ms Goswami and her associate had driven up to a cafe on NR Avenue.
In Ms Goswami’s purse and under the car seat, about 100 gm of cocaine were allegedly found in pouches after a quick search. The police immediately took them away. As the police took her away, Ms Goswami shouted that she was being framed.
A security guard assigned to the BJP youth leader was also arrested since he was reportedly in the car.
“The law will take its own course but was the cocaine put in the car by someone? The model code of conduct has still not kicked in. And the police is under state control. anything could have happened,” BJP’s Samik Bhattacharya has said.
Chandrima Bhattacharya, the Trinamool Congress leader, said: “I feel ashamed something like this could happen in Bengal. This is the real picture emerging of (the) BJP in Bengal. Earlier, some BJP leaders were named in a child trafficking case.”
Since Ms Goswami’s arrest, her pictures with various BJP leaders are doing rounds on social media.
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