Bengal Police recover huge amount of cash from Jharkhand Congress MLA’s vehicle
The Hindu
Three Congress MLAs from Jharkand have been detained by the Howrah City Police.
Close on the heels of Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovering about ₹50 crore from separate raids in Kolkata, the West Bengal police on Saturday, apprehended a vehicle containing cash close to ₹50 lakh. The counting of currency notes was on, police officials said.
Sources said that the vehicle belonged to Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari, who represents the Congress. Mr. Ansari and two other party MLAs Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Bixal, were travelling in the car.
The three MLAs have been detained by the Howrah City Police. Mr. Kachhap is a Congress MLA from Khijri Assembly Constituency and Mr. Bixal represents Kongari Assembly constituency in the neighboring State.
Jharkhand shares its borders with West Bengal and Jamtara is the one of the closest constituencies to the State. The State is ruled by an alliance of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Congress.
Recently, the ED had seized cash valuing ₹50 crore in West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam, from properties of an aide of former Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.