BJP worker: BJP worker arrested by Lucknow ATS for human trafficking | Kolkata News

Kolkata: BJP youth wing member Bikram Roy was arrested from his home in Baghdah in North 24 Parganas on Monday by the Lucknow Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for allegedly being involved in forging identity documents and facilitating illegal border crossing for Bangladeshis. According to police sources, a team of Lucknow ATS along with Baghdah police raided Roy's house in Gangulia on Monday afternoon. “He was traced by the UP police following a telephonic conversation with a Bangladeshi national, who had crossed the border illegally several times, over phone. He was questioned by the UP police and arrested later,” a senior police officer said. Roy has been charged with forgery, human trafficking and criminal conspiracy under sections 419, 420, 467, 471 and 120b of the Indian Penal Code. He was produced before the Bongaon court by the Lucknow police and remanded in judicial custody. According to local sources, Roy, secretary of the BJP Yuva Morcha in Baghdah, is an autorickshaw driver. “Roy belongs to a poor family. The police have arrested him only for questioning. The law will take its own course. If he is found guilty, we will also take necessary action,” said Devdas Mondal, president of the BJP’s Bongaon organisation.

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