Kolkata: Police on Wednesday evening arrested Vivek Tripathi, a local BJP Youth Morcha functionary, in connection with a multi-lakh cheating and forgery case registered against him, according to ACP (crime) Kunal Agarwal.Tripathi, who was earlier accused of assaulting workers and a manager at a sweet shop because he “disliked” the items at their Karaya outlet, was taken into custody following a separate complaint lodged at Netaji Nagar Police Station.According to cops, the arrest was based on a complaint filed by Nand Kishore Sharma (48) from Naktala Road, who alleged that in 2021, Tripathi and his associates defrauded him of Rs 7,87,000.
