On Tuesday, former Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested by Bidhannagar North Police for allegedly extorting ₹1 crore from a businessman. As he was escorted from the police station, a crowd reacted by throwing eggs and tomatoes at him, necessitating police protection. Dutta, who has a tumultuous political history, began with the Congress, moved to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) where he became the first Mayor of Bidhannagar, switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019, and returned to the TMC in 2021. His arrest is part of a larger trend of law enforcement actions against political figures in West Bengal, including recent arrests of other TMC members for various allegations. This situation unfolds amid a significant internal split within the TMC, as nearly 20 MPs express intentions to align with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after the party's recent loss of power.