KOLKATA, Feb. 8 -- A Trinamool Congress councillor from North 24 Parganas district's Barrackpore municipality was arrested on Sunday evening after an 81-year-old man he allegedly assaulted during a dispute over illegal construction died, police said.

Rabindranath Bhattacharya, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor for the Barrackpore municipality in the North 24 Parganas district, was taken into custody following the death of Tulsi Adhikari.

"A written complaint was filed by the family of Tulsi Adhikari, the deceased, against Rabindranath Bhattacharya, the councillor. Footage from security cameras and accounts of eyewitnesses are being examined. The investigation is on," Indrabadan Jha, deputy commissioner of police (central) Barrackpor...