Actor-Politician Tapas Paul passes away

Former Trinamool Congress MP and Bengali actor Tapas Paul recently died of cardiac arrest at the age of 61. He was a Member of Parliament from Krishnanagar for two terms and elected MLA from Alipore.

The debut film of Paul is ‘Dadar Kirti’, which was released in 1980. He was also awarded the Filmfare Award for his movie ‘Saheb’ in 1981. He was associated with the Rose Valley chit-fund scam and was arrested by the CBI.