Trinamool veteran MP Mala surrenders in Arms Act case

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• Kolkata: Trinamool veteran and Kolkata South MP Mala Roy surrendered before the chief judicial magistrate at the Alipore Court on Wednesday.
• The court granted bail to Roy, her son and the 22 co-accused.Beyond her parliamentary role, Roy is a councillor and the KMC chairperson.The surrender follows a criminal case registered against her, her son and 22 others at the Tollygunge Police Station for alleged assault on a BJP worker and threat at gunpoint on the poll result day.According to police, the case pertains to an FIR at the Tollygunge PS, under which Roy and the other accused are booked under Arms Act and BNS sections, including Section 351(2) for criminal intimidation, 115 for voluntarily causing hurt and Section 74 for using criminal force with intent to outrage a woman's modesty.The prosecution's case states that around 6 pm on May 4 — hours after the election results were declared — Roy,...