Daijiworld Media Network - Kolkata (SD)

Kolkata, Feb 20: General secretary of Bengal Yuva Morcha Pamela Goswami, was arrested along with her friend and colleage in the Yuva Morcha, Prabir Kumar Dey, for possession of cocaine found in her purse under the seat of her car.

Goswami with her associate was reportedly driving up to a cafe on NR Avenue when the police swooped down on them in the New Alipore area on Friday evening, February 19.

The police retrieved around 100 gm of cocaine in Goswami's purse and under the car seat and the duo were immediately taken away by the police. Goswami shouted being framed as the police took her away. A security guard assigned to Ms Goswami has also been arrested as he too was also reportedly in the car.

BJP's Samik Bhattacharya has said, "The law will take its own course but was the cocaine put in the car by someone? The model code of conduct has still not kicked in. And the police is under state control. anything could have happened."

Trinamool Congress leader Chandrima Bhattacharya said, "I feel ashamed something like this could happen in Bengal. This is the real picture emerging of (the) BJP in Bengal. Earlier, some BJP leaders were named in a child trafficking case."

Police sources revealed that the duo came under scanner after they were found to be repeatedly visiting a particular cafe, sitting in the parked car and transacting with a youth who would drive upto the car on motorcycles. The police, suspecting a drug deal, waited for her to arrive on Friday and catch her red-handed.

Ms Goswami is believed to have worked as an air hostess, a model and TV serial actor before she joined the BJP in 2019. She was later appointed Yuva Morcha General Secretary and Yuva Morcha observer for Hooghly district.