Kolkata, Aug 12 (PTI) A local BJP leader was arrested on Friday for allegedly molesting a local TMC leader's wife in Kolkata's Muchipara area, police said.

As per the woman's complaint, she was molested by a group of people including the BJP leader when she had gone out of her house to buy medicines on Thursday night, a police officer said.

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Based on the FIR, police broke open the door of the BJP leader's house and arrested him on Friday afternoon, he said.

The BJP leader was also accused of ransacking a local club after allegedly molesting the woman, the officer added.

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