Kolkata, September 26, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
A Trinamool Congress leader and former Hooghly Zilla Parishad member, Tumpa Mete, was arrested by police in Hooghly on Saturday, hours before party chief Mamata Banerjee’s public meeting in Serampore.
Mete was arrested by personnel of Dankuni Police Station in connection with allegations of cheating in the name of providing jobs, a district police officer said.
According to the officer, Mete’s name had also allegedly figured in the list of ineligible candidates in the West Bengal school-job case.
Mete denied the allegations and termed her arrest politically motivated.
“My arrest just before our leader’s public meeting was a result of political vengeance which is a common affair these days in any corner of the state. All the allegations that I have been framed with are baseless,” she told mediapersons after her arrest.
Mete is expected to be produced before a district court in Serampore later on Saturday, where the Public Prosecutor is likely to seek her police custody.
The allegations against Mete include that she secured a school job by submitting a blank sheet of paper. Her name was included in the 2016 SSC panel later cancelled by the Supreme Court over corruption-related findings. She is currently employed as a non-teaching staff member at a state-run school.
Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to address a TMC public meeting at the Serampore Court Ground later on Saturday. The Calcutta High Court has permitted the meeting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., with attendance capped at 1,000 people and conditions aimed at maintaining law and order.
The meeting is being held after a legal dispute over the venue, with the High Court shifting it from a privately owned ground to the Serampore Court Ground.
TMC Hooghly district convener Asit Majumdar said preparations were underway despite heavy rain and that the party would follow the court’s directions.
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