<p>Kolkata: Senior TMC leader and MLA Madan Mitra on Thursday claimed he received a threatening phone call after he spoke out against arrested party leader Jayant Singh, a day after party MP Sougata Roy complained about similar threat calls.</p>.<p>Roy on Wednesday claimed he received a phone call in which the caller threatened to kill him if Singh was not released soon.</p>.<p>"Late on Wednesday night, I received a call from an unknown number. The person claimed that if I did not stop speaking out against Singh and his gang, I will be shot dead," Mitra told a news channel. The TMC leader has lodged a police complaint.</p>.<p>Singh, a TMC leader from Ariadaha in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, is a prime suspect in a mob violence incident that occurred on June 30 and was arrested by police last week.</p>.<p>Ariadaha comes under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency which Roy represents as a four-term MP. Madan Mitra is the local TMC MLA.</p>.TMC MP claims he received death threats over arrest of party leader.<p>Singh was arrested in connection with the assault of a college student and his mother on June 30. A video clip showing a group of people beating up the two had gone viral.</p>.<p>Police also initiated a suo motu case against him following the circulation of an old video clip showing a girl being assaulted by a group of people in Ariadaha.</p>.<p>A close associate of Singh was apprehended late on Tuesday night concerning the incident, making it the third arrest in the case.</p>.<p>Singh, who was arrested in 2023 in another case, and was out on bail with a bond promising no further illegal activities, is now facing additional charges for violating this condition. </p>
<p>Kolkata: Senior TMC leader and MLA Madan Mitra on Thursday claimed he received a threatening phone call after he spoke out against arrested party leader Jayant Singh, a day after party MP Sougata Roy complained about similar threat calls.</p>.<p>Roy on Wednesday claimed he received a phone call in which the caller threatened to kill him if Singh was not released soon.</p>.<p>"Late on Wednesday night, I received a call from an unknown number. The person claimed that if I did not stop speaking out against Singh and his gang, I will be shot dead," Mitra told a news channel. The TMC leader has lodged a police complaint.</p>.<p>Singh, a TMC leader from Ariadaha in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, is a prime suspect in a mob violence incident that occurred on June 30 and was arrested by police last week.</p>.<p>Ariadaha comes under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency which Roy represents as a four-term MP. Madan Mitra is the local TMC MLA.</p>.TMC MP claims he received death threats over arrest of party leader.<p>Singh was arrested in connection with the assault of a college student and his mother on June 30. A video clip showing a group of people beating up the two had gone viral.</p>.<p>Police also initiated a suo motu case against him following the circulation of an old video clip showing a girl being assaulted by a group of people in Ariadaha.</p>.<p>A close associate of Singh was apprehended late on Tuesday night concerning the incident, making it the third arrest in the case.</p>.<p>Singh, who was arrested in 2023 in another case, and was out on bail with a bond promising no further illegal activities, is now facing additional charges for violating this condition. </p>