Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged that the father of one of the arrested persons in the Durgapur gang-rape case is a Trinamool Congress cadre.

Adhikari, who sat on a dharna in Durgapur after the police denied him permission to hold a public meeting there, slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for using police to stop their movement.

Addressing media persons, Adhikari said, "One of the accused arrested is employed with the Durgapur Municipal Corporation. We have come to know that his father is a Trinamool cadre. Therefore, there is a Trinamool link in the case. The main accused in the case is still absconding. There is no rule of law in Bengal."

The Durgapur Township police on Sunday arrested three persons in connection with the

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