Tag: North 24 Parganas

  • Chit fund case: Residences of TMC MLA Subodh Adhikari, his brother raided by CBI

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The CBI on Sunday conducted search operations at six locations in West Bengal, including residences of Trinamool Congress MLA Subodh Adhikari and his brother, in connection with its probe into a chit fund case, an official of the agency said.

    Sleuths of the central agency raided the residence and office of the Bijpur legislator and his brother Kamal Adhikari’s flat simultaneously, the CBI official said.

    Kamal Adhikari is the chairman of the Kanchrapara Municipality.

    The raids were conducted two days after the Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested Trinamool Congress leader Raju Sahani, who is the municipal chairman of Halisahar near Kolkata, in connection with a chit fund case related to Sunmarg Welfare Organisation.

    The probe agency had recovered Rs 80 lakh in cash, a country-made firearm and documents of properties worth Rs 2.75 crore from the residence of Sahani.

    “During the day, the CBI officers carried out raids at four places of Halisahar and Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas district, including the ancestral house of the Adhikari brothers and their current residences. The agency sleuths also raided the house of the MLA’s personal assistant in connection with a ponzi scam,” the official said.

    The MLA’s two residences in Lake Town and Paikpara areas in Kolkata were also raided by the central agency, he said.

    Halisahar, WB | CBI raids underway at TMC MLA Subhodh Adhikari & his brother Kamal Adhikari’s residence in North 24 Paraganas pic.twitter.com/JB8opO318P
    — ANI (@ANI) September 4, 2022
    Speaking to reporters, Kamal Adhikari admitted that Sahani is his friend and said he did not know about any financial transaction of the arrested TMC leader.

    “I don’t know about Sahani’s monetary dealings or the chit fund company. There is a political conspiracy against me and my party. The raids did not yield anything. I am ready to cooperate with the investigation,” he said.

    Responding to a pointed query about whether Sahani has helped him buy his flat, the Kanchrapara Municipality chairman claimed that he bought the apartment with his hard-earned money.

    Veteran Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy alleged that the BJP is using the central agency to target his party leaders and intimidate them after the saffron camp failed to defeat the TMC in the last assembly polls.

    “We have faith in the judiciary. Those who are involved in the ponzi scam will be punished and the truth that the BJP is targeting TMC leaders as part of its political vendetta will come out,” he said.

    BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said Roy is making such comments as the central agency has tightened the noose around “corrupt” TMC leaders.

    KOLKATA: The CBI on Sunday conducted search operations at six locations in West Bengal, including residences of Trinamool Congress MLA Subodh Adhikari and his brother, in connection with its probe into a chit fund case, an official of the agency said.

    Sleuths of the central agency raided the residence and office of the Bijpur legislator and his brother Kamal Adhikari’s flat simultaneously, the CBI official said.

    Kamal Adhikari is the chairman of the Kanchrapara Municipality.

    The raids were conducted two days after the Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested Trinamool Congress leader Raju Sahani, who is the municipal chairman of Halisahar near Kolkata, in connection with a chit fund case related to Sunmarg Welfare Organisation.

    The probe agency had recovered Rs 80 lakh in cash, a country-made firearm and documents of properties worth Rs 2.75 crore from the residence of Sahani.

    “During the day, the CBI officers carried out raids at four places of Halisahar and Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas district, including the ancestral house of the Adhikari brothers and their current residences. The agency sleuths also raided the house of the MLA’s personal assistant in connection with a ponzi scam,” the official said.

    The MLA’s two residences in Lake Town and Paikpara areas in Kolkata were also raided by the central agency, he said.

    Halisahar, WB | CBI raids underway at TMC MLA Subhodh Adhikari & his brother Kamal Adhikari’s residence in North 24 Paraganas pic.twitter.com/JB8opO318P
    — ANI (@ANI) September 4, 2022
    Speaking to reporters, Kamal Adhikari admitted that Sahani is his friend and said he did not know about any financial transaction of the arrested TMC leader.

    “I don’t know about Sahani’s monetary dealings or the chit fund company. There is a political conspiracy against me and my party. The raids did not yield anything. I am ready to cooperate with the investigation,” he said.

    Responding to a pointed query about whether Sahani has helped him buy his flat, the Kanchrapara Municipality chairman claimed that he bought the apartment with his hard-earned money.

    Veteran Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy alleged that the BJP is using the central agency to target his party leaders and intimidate them after the saffron camp failed to defeat the TMC in the last assembly polls.

    “We have faith in the judiciary. Those who are involved in the ponzi scam will be punished and the truth that the BJP is targeting TMC leaders as part of its political vendetta will come out,” he said.

    BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said Roy is making such comments as the central agency has tightened the noose around “corrupt” TMC leaders.

  • ‘TMC trying to kill me’: BJP MP Arjun Singh after another bomb explosion outside his residence

    By PTI

    KOLKATA:  Less than a week after miscreants hurled bombs at BJP MP Arjun Singh’s residence in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas, similar explosions were reported outside his home on Tuesday morning, with the saffron party leader claiming that members of the ruling TMC were trying to take his life.

    A police officer said that around 9:10 am, bombs exploded on a vacant patch of land, which is just about 200 metres away from Singh’s Bhatpara residence. “We are investigating the matter. Our officers are there,” he added.

    8 सितंबर को मेरे घर के सामने बम फेंके गए थे और आज सुबह घर के पीछे।अपराधियों को कोई डर नहीं है क्योंकि उनको @AITCofficial और @WBPolice का संरक्षण प्राप्त है।अपराधी खुले घूम रहे हैं, पुलिस तृणमूल की ‘दलदास’ बनी है।ऐसे हमलों से ना कभी डरा था और न डरूँगा। @PMOIndia @HMOIndia pic.twitter.com/UIo6jd70HS
    — Arjun Singh (@ArjunsinghWB) September 14, 2021
    The NIA on Monday took over the probe into the incident on September 8, which left the gate at the BJP MP’s residence partially damaged. Singh alleged that it was an attack planned by the Trinamool Congress to kill him, his family members and people close to him. “This is nothing but a planned attack. The TMC is behind this…they are trying to kill me and my people. It’s goondaraaj (lawlessness) in Bengal,” Singh claimed.

    The TMC’s North 24 Parganas president, Partha Bhowmick, rubbished the allegations, and said that the BJP MP was in some way or the other responsible for the explosions outside his home.

  • Bengal polls 2021: Bombs hurled in North 24 Parganas, six injured

    By PTI
    KOLKATA: At least six persons, including a child, sustained splinter injuries in North 24 Parganas district’s Titagarh assembly constituency after bombs were hurled indiscriminately on Thursday afternoon amid the voting exercise for the sixth phase of polls, a police officer said.

    A huge team of police personnel and CAPF jawans were rushed to the area following the incident, the officer said.

    A preliminary probe has revealed that unidentified persons, wearing masks, hurled several crude bombs near Tata Gate in Titagarh, he said.

    “The injured are undergoing treatment at BN Bose hospital. We are looking into the matter,” the officer added.