Trinamool MP Sougata Roy Claims He Received Death Threats Over Arrest Of Party Leader

Trinamool Congress leader Jayant Singh is a prime suspect in a mob violence incident that occurred on June 30 and was arrested by the police last week.

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and MP Sougata Roy claimed he received a phone call in which the caller threatened to kill him if arrested party leader Jayant Singh was not released soon.

Jayant Singh, a TMC leader from the Ariadaha area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, is a prime suspect in a mob violence incident that occurred on June 30 and was arrested by the police last week.

Ariadaha comes under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency which Mr Roy represents as a four-term MP.