{
  "id": 8600784,
  "title": "Bengal police arrest Rejinagar bypoll candidate days after Nandigram candidate Milan Pradhan’s arrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/bengal-police-arrest-rejinagar-bypoll-candidate-days-after-nandigram",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T03:45:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/bengal-police-arrest-rejinagar-bypoll-candidate-days-after-nandigram-candidate-milan-pradhans-arrest/article71487021.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Hindu reports that an Independent candidate for the Rejinagar assembly bypoll in West Bengal, Saiful Islam, was arrested on September 19 in a five-year-old case of a clash between two groups during the 2021 state elections. This arrest occurred a day after the Congress nominee for the Nandigram assembly bypoll, Milan Pradhan, was apprehended in an almost two-decades-old case registered during agitation against land acquisition in the region. Both bypolls are scheduled for October 6, with the vacating of Nandigram and Rejinagar seats after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's relocation and Kabir's retention of the Nawda seat.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}