Roopa Ganguly Detained Following Overnight Protest in Kolkata

Actress-turned-politician and former Rajya Sabha member Roopa Ganguly was arrested yesterday, 3 October, after sitting from night to protest in front of a police station in south Kolkata demanding the release of local woman BJP leader Rubi Das.

Das was among the BJP supporters arrested on Wednesday evening, as they were protesting against the death of a local schoolboy that morning in the locality. The boy died after being hit by a payloader being used by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) staff for road repair purposes.

Within days of that, Ganguly reached the Bansdroni Police Station in South Kolkata, where she began a sit-in demonstration demanding the release of Das.

Ganguly claimed that Das and other BJP supporters were organizing a peaceful protest against the accident when they were attacked by the local Trinamool Congress activists. She also alleged that the police, instead of taking action against the attackers, arrested the demonstrators.

Ganguly sat there the whole night and, a little after 10 am on Thursday, Kolkata Police declared her arrested. Soon she was taken away from the Bansdroni Police Station complex by a police vehicle.

In the aftermath of the arrest, the actress-turned-politician claimed that the cops even did not allow her to take her bag along with her while being taken away.

City police officials asserted that she has been arrested on charges of deterring on-duty police officials from discharging their lawful duties. Meanwhile, the grievances of the local people have continued over the unfortunate death of the schoolboy due to the continued absence of the local Trinamool Congress councillor Anita Kar Majumdar even hours after the mishap.

She gained popularity among millions of Indians after playing the role of 'Draupadi' in the famous television serial 'Mahabharat'. Later, she joined BJP and became a member of Rajya Sabha.