land corruption West Bengal

Kolkata: A Trinamool panchayat pradhan from Jangra was arrested on Sunday by Bidhannagar cops on charges of extortion. Rita Gayen, pradhan of Jangra-Hatiara-2 Gram Panchayat under Rajarhat block, allegedly approved the construction of several buildings on wetlands and govt land in her panchayat area in exchange for large sums of money. Cops also claimed she…