By PTI
HOWRAH: Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand had been arrested on Sunday in West Bengal’s Howrah district after an enormous amount of money was recovered from their automobile, a senior police officer stated.
An quantity of Rs 49 lakh in money was recovered from their SUV, which was intercepted on National Highway-16 at Ranihati within the Panchla police station space on Saturday night, he stated.
MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari, and two different individuals, together with their driver, had been arrested after they didn’t reply the police as to why they had been carrying such an enormous amount of money, he added.
“They could not state the reason for carrying such a huge amount of cash. We are not satisfied by their claim that they came here to purchase sarees meant to be distributed among tribal women. We have arrested them for further investigation,” the officer informed PTI.
The state CID has taken over the investigation from the Howrah Rural Police, he stated.
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The 5 individuals, together with the MLAs, have been booked below related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with that for prison conspiracy, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, he stated.
The arrests had been made after the MLAs had been questioned all through the evening, the officer stated.
The Congress has alleged that the BJP was making an attempt to topple its coalition authorities with Hemant Soren’s JMM in Jharkhand with the assistance of those MLAs.
Each MLA was allegedly being supplied Rs 10 crore in money and a ministerial berth if the BJP varieties authorities within the state.
The BJP has rubbished the allegations, claiming that the Congress was defaming it to cover corruption throughout the get together.
HOWRAH: Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand had been arrested on Sunday in West Bengal’s Howrah district after an enormous amount of money was recovered from their automobile, a senior police officer stated.
An quantity of Rs 49 lakh in money was recovered from their SUV, which was intercepted on National Highway-16 at Ranihati within the Panchla police station space on Saturday night, he stated.
MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari, and two different individuals, together with their driver, had been arrested after they didn’t reply the police as to why they had been carrying such an enormous amount of money, he added.
“They could not state the reason for carrying such a huge amount of cash. We are not satisfied by their claim that they came here to purchase sarees meant to be distributed among tribal women. We have arrested them for further investigation,” the officer informed PTI.
The state CID has taken over the investigation from the Howrah Rural Police, he stated.
READ HERE | Jharkhand Congress MLAs had been conspiring to topple Soren authorities: Bermo MLA in FIR
The 5 individuals, together with the MLAs, have been booked below related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with that for prison conspiracy, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, he stated.
The arrests had been made after the MLAs had been questioned all through the evening, the officer stated.
The Congress has alleged that the BJP was making an attempt to topple its coalition authorities with Hemant Soren’s JMM in Jharkhand with the assistance of those MLAs.
Each MLA was allegedly being supplied Rs 10 crore in money and a ministerial berth if the BJP varieties authorities within the state.
The BJP has rubbished the allegations, claiming that the Congress was defaming it to cover corruption throughout the get together.
