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Calcutta HC orders bail for Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in Nandigram bypoll

High court directs West Bengal govt to allow candidate to contest if released; Congress alleges selective targeting over 2007 cases.

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What to know

  • Congress's Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan remains in judicial custody on charges stemming from 2007 anti-land acquisition movement cases; Calcutta High Court ordered on September 22 that he be allowed to contest if granted bail.
  • Congress alleges the arrests are politically motivated targeting after Trinamool Congress withdrew support for their own candidate to back Pradhan, with state Congress president claiming the BJP fears losing the October 6 bypoll.
  • High Court found five of six cases in which Pradhan sought protection had been withdrawn by the previous government; five separate criminal cases from 2007 remain the basis for current detention.
  • The bypoll is scheduled for October 6, with campaigning ending October 4; Pradhan's detention extends past both dates, raising questions about his ability to campaign.

“We got to know that he had been held for a murder case, but we have no clear idea about it. Milan Pradhan was among those leaders who were at the forefront of the Nandigram movement and he was booked under several cases. But, why was he arrested today?”

Subhankar Sarkar, West Bengal Congress president · The Hindu ↗ · Sep 18

Milan Pradhan Congress candidate, Nandigram bypollSubhankar Sarkar West Bengal Congress presidentJustice Saugata Bhattacharyya Calcutta High Court judgeRajdeep Majumdar Additional Advocate General, West BengalMamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee Former West Bengal Chief Minister, Trinamool Congress

Calcutta HC orders bail for Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in Nandigram bypoll
The Hindu

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  1. 5

    Congress moves court over BJP candidate's credentials anomaly

    Congress moved court challenging the academic qualifications of the Nandigram BJP candidate, alleging they predate her birth. The Opposition also sought bail for Pradhan, terming his arrest "selective targeting."

    1. 2 outlets first by The Hindu National, 2d ago · also The Hindu · read ↗

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    Calcutta High Court directs govt to allow bail if granted

    Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya told the state's Additional Advocate General that Pradhan should be allowed to contest the election properly provided he gets bail. The court heard that of six cases for which Pradhan sought protection from coercive action, five had been withdrawn by the previous government and he was not wanted in the other. Pradhan was not arrested in those six cases; the current custody relates to five different criminal cases from 2007.

    “Mr. Pradhan should be allowed to contest the election properly, provided he got bail.”
    — Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya
    1. 2 outlets Milan Pradhan can contest Nandigram bypoll, Calcutta HC observes

      first by The Economic Times, 3d ago · also The Hindu

      1 more headline
  3. 3

    Contai court extends custody until October 5 under Arms Act

    Contai court sent Pradhan to 14-day judicial custody in a separate case registered under the Arms Act nearly two decades ago, extending his detention to October 5. Pradhan's counsel announced intention to challenge the order in the Calcutta High Court.

    1. 1 outlet Nandigram bypoll: Congress candidate Milan Pradhan sent to judicial custody till October 5 in 2007 agitat

      first by The Times of India, 4d ago

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    Haldia court sends Pradhan to judicial custody until October 3

    Pradhan was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in Haldia and sent to judicial custody on four non-bailable arrest warrants linked to 2007 cases in Nandigram.

    1. 4 outlets Nandigram bypoll: Cong candidate Milan Pradhan sent to judicial custody till October 7

      first by Times of India, 2d ago · also Deccan Herald, Indian Express, The Hindu

      3 more headlines
    2. 4 outlets Bengal police arrest Rejinagar bypoll candidate days after Nandigram candidate Milan Pradhan’s arrest

      first by The Hindu, 5d ago · also NDTV, Live Law, The Hindu National

      2 more headlines
  6. 2

    Congress claims arrest is political targeting

    State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar said the party had no prior knowledge of why Pradhan was arrested, calling it surprising that police arrested a candidate while the model code of conduct was in force. He alleged the BJP was "afraid of losing the polls" and suggested the arrest was ordered by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.

    “Milan Pradhan is a popular candidate in Nandigram, and the BJP is afraid of losing the polls. That is the reason he was arrested.”
    — Subhankar Sarkar
    1. 1 outlet HC says ‘surprising’ that Congress Nandigram candidate arrested in sixth case while in custody

      first by Scroll.in, 1d ago

  7. background

    Milan Pradhan arrested at hotel in Chandipur — Congress's Nandigram bypoll candidate was arrested at a hotel in Chandipur, Purba Medinipur district, along with party leader Subhasish Bhattacharya. Police said Pradhan faced four cases from 2007 related to rioting, murder, and criminal intimidation linked to the Nandigram anti-land acquisition movement.

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  1. 2 outlets Nandigram bypoll: Congress candidate Milan Pradhan remanded till after voting, campaign cut short

    first by Telegraph India, 3d ago · also The Times of India

    2 more headlines
  2. 2 outlets Nandigram bypoll: Congress candidate facing 19-year-old murder, rioting cases to be produced in court

    first by The Hindu National, 6d ago · also The Hindu