Agartala councillor held for molesting minor girl

A councillor of Agartala Municipal Corporation and leader of the ruling RSP, Mrinmay Sen alias Khokan Vaishnav, was today arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl in her school here.
According to the FIR lodged by the girl's father, Sen, also the administrator of the school, called the girl studying in 1st standard to his room and molested her yesterday, SP (Police Control) Uttam Bhowmick said.
After returning home, the girl told her parents about the ordeal following which her father lodged a complaint this morning, he said.
The councillor, who was arrested from Indranagar area here, was booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, Bhowmick said.

District and session Judge Ruhidas Paul granted Sen interim bail till December 23.
Meanwhile, state BJP chief Biplab Deb demanded exemplary punishment for Sen.