TMC councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation arrested for ‘molesting’ woman

Key points

• “A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) was arrested on charges of assaulting and molesting a woman in Kolkata,” police said on Thursday (June 4, 2026).
• “Biswajit Mondal, the councillor of Ward No. 114, was arrested following a complaint lodged by the woman from the Purba Putiary area at Regent Park police station on June 1,” a senior officer said.
• “According to the complaint, Mondal had allegedly assaulted and molested the woman near a school in March 2024,” he said.
• "A case has been registered against Mondal.
• The allegations include assault, molestation, criminal intimidation and use of abusive language.