Jahangir Khan, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate nicknamed “Pushpa,” is arrested near the India–Nepal border after evading police for about two weeks. According to reports, he had been in hiding following efforts to arrest him over multiple criminal cases, including allegations of murder and extortion. The arrest occurs after a court decision that vacates his interim protection from arrest, removing a legal barrier that had helped him avoid custody.
Media accounts state that police track him down in the border area as he was preparing to flee to Nepal. The reporting also describes the arrest as following weeks of manhunt activity by Bengal police, after which Khan is taken into custody near the border. No outlet cited any final conviction or case outcome in connection with his alleged offences; the reports focus on the arrest circumstances, the period he spent on the run, and the role of the court’s order in enabling police action.
