Tapas Paul
| Tapas Paul | |
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Tapas Paul 29 September 1958 Chandannagar, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actor Member of parliament (MP) Politician |
| Years active | 1980-present |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Nandini Paul |
| Children | Sohini Paul |
| Tapas Pal | |
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Member of the Indian Parliament for Krishnanagar |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar |
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In office 2001-2009 |
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| Preceded by | Saugata Roy |
| Succeeded by | Firhad Hakim |
| Constituency | Alipore |
Tapas Paul (born Tapas Paul on 29 September 1958) is a Bengali actor and politician from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is a Member of Parliament from Krishnanagar having won in the 2014 Indian General Elections on a Trinamool Congress ticket. He was arrested by C.B.I for alleged link to Rose Valley Chit Fund chitfund scam in December 2016.
Tapas Paul did his graduation in Bio-Science from Hooghly Mohsin College under University of Burdwan.
Paul's first movie appearance was in 1980, in the film Dadar Kirti, directed by Tarun Majumder. He acted in many other movies such as Bhalobasha Bhalobasha and Guru Dakshina.
On 31 December, Paul was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Ponzi firm Rose Valley Group.
On 11January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Paul along with AITC MP Saugata Roy and MLA Mahua Moitra for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley scam.
He is a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was an MLA from Alipore for two terms (2001-2006 & 2006-2009). Currently, he is the MP of Krishnanagar since 2009.
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