Former West Bengal minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee arrested on graft charge

Former TMC MLA Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, who joined BJP ahead of this year’s West Bengal assembly polls, was arrested on graft charge on Sunday.

Former West Bengal minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, who had joined the BJP ahead of this year's assembly elections in the state, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly being involved in financial irregularities of nearly Rs 10 crore, an officer said. The former Trinamool Congress MLA from Bishnupur was apprehended following an investigation into allegations of misappropriation of money related to e-tendering and other charges when he was chairman of the local civic body in 2020, the police officer said.