Hid under the pile of sarees, TMC's Brahmananda Chakraborty arrested; funny video entertains netizens
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In an incident that seems funny, yet is serious, TMC worker Brahmananda Chakraborty was arrested by the West Bengal Police for his involvement in corruption in the government housing scheme. The incident appeared funny as the accused hid under the pile of sarees in a clothing warehouse to evade arrest on Saturday, June 6. The video of the said arrest is making rounds on social media.
It is learnt that Chakraborty was also accused in a post-poll violence incident after the 2021 Assembly elections in the state. Local BJP leaders told PTI that complaints regarding his alleged involvement in the 2021 post-poll violence incidents had been pending for several years.
The arrest drew comparisons with a similar incident in Cooch Behar’s Mathabhanga on May 4, when police arrested local TMC leader Shahidul Miah after allegedly pulling him out from under a bed where he had been hiding.
As per the reports, Chakraborty was arrested from a saree warehouse in the Bilaspur area of Udaynarayanpur, Howrah district. The complainants, said to be local area residents, alleged that the TMC worker took “cut money” from them in exchange for providing benefits under a government housing scheme. Several residents complained that they were asked to pay extra money to receive the scheme’s benefits, after which a police complaint was filed against the party worker.
Following the complaint, the police initiated an investigation into the matter. As the likelihood of his arrest increased, the accused allegedly arrived at a clothing store in the area, where he hid under a pile of sarees kept in the godown. However the police had already received information about his movements. The investigation team located the shop and conducted a thorough search after which it was found that Chakraborty was hiding under a pile of sarees in the godown in an attempt to evade arrest, said police.
Cannot make this up.
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) June 8, 2026
TMC leader Brahmanand Chakraborty found by police hiding under a pile of sarees in Howrah, not far from Kolkata.
Accused of taking “cut money” in exchange for govt housing scheme benefits. pic.twitter.com/SfsKyv1clB
The police personnel rummaged through the sarees to arrest the TMC worker. A video of the bizarre incident has caught eyeballs online. One of the users said that the politician hiding under the saree heap was another level of drama emerging in Bengal politics. "This hiding-under-sarees scene is next-level filmy for Bengal politics. What stands out is how cut-money scams in housing schemes keep surfacing despite all the talk of transparency. Makes you wonder how deep the network actually runs at the local level," one of the users commented.
"I feel sorry, they could not even find a better hiding place!" another user added. "Sorry to movie directors, especially of B-grade ones.. It was real," the next user commented.
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It is learnt that Chakraborty was also accused in a post-poll violence incident after the 2021 Assembly elections in the state. Local BJP leaders told PTI that complaints regarding his alleged involvement in the 2021 post-poll violence incidents had been pending for several years.
The arrest drew comparisons with a similar incident in Cooch Behar’s Mathabhanga on May 4, when police arrested local TMC leader Shahidul Miah after allegedly pulling him out from under a bed where he had been hiding.