TMC Leader Jahangir Khan Arrested Near Nepal Border

Kolkata. West Bengal Police's Special Task Force arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan on Monday. This arrest was made from the Nepal border. 

Seven FIRs were registered against Khan at Falta Police Station in South 24 Pargana district of West Bengal. Media reports claim that Jahangir's supporters threatened women with gang rape, but no official statement has been issued by the Bengal police in this regard so far. 

Indian media have reported that he was arrested while trying to flee towards Nepal. The police are bringing him to Kolkata.

Jahangir had contested the 2026 assembly elections from the Falta seat. Due to disturbances during the elections, re-polling was held there on May 21. Jahangir withdrew from the race 48 hours before the re-election and announced that he was withdrawing his name from the election. 

In the vote counting on May 24, Jahangir lost, and after that, he became almost invisible. He was neither seen at home nor at the party office. 

Earlier in May 2026, Jahangir had filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking information about the cases registered against him and protection from arrest. He alleged that numerous criminal cases were being continuously registered against him. The High Court had provided him protection in a case registered in 2019 and before the re-polling in Falta, but all his security facilities were withdrawn on May 26. 

During election campaigning, Jahangir Khan presented himself in a different image, portraying himself as a character from the film 'Pushpa'. He had repeatedly spoken the film's famous dialogue 'Pushpa jhukega nahi saala' in election rallies. 

This time, a record for the largest margin of victory was set in the Falta election. BJP candidate Debangshu won by a margin of 1,09,021 votes. In the results of the second election, Jahangir finished in fourth place with 7,783 votes. TMC had been winning the Falta constituency continuously for three terms since 2011.