It is easy to mint millions in Bengal if one knows the ropes and has the right contacts

KBC, hosted by superstar Amitabh Bachhan, is a very popular TV show. Some of the participants hit the jackpot and win lakhs of rupees, a few even win crores. However, in Bengal, anyone can mint millions provided he knows the ropes and has the right contacts. This is not a fig of one’s imagination but true. It seems a relative of Partha Chatterjee, who worked as a house painter, now owns a number of hotels in tourist spots like Darjeeling, Uttarakhand and Puri apart from Dubai. He also owns multiple land and farmhouses in New Town-Rajarhat area. This individual is Prasanna Kumar Roy, the second middleman in SSC scam case. The CBI has taken him into custody from New Town. His is a rags to riches story and proof that it is easy to mint millions in Bengal if one has the correct contacts. CBI arrests close relative of Partha Chatterjee - once a HOUSE PAINTER, now owner of farm houses, hotels in DUBAI. It was a shock to the state of Bengal when it saw the mountain of money and properties belonging to Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee. Partha is now in jail. He was a minister in the cabinet of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Another person who is believed to have benefited from contacts in right places is Saigal Hossain, bodyguard of Anubrata Mondal. CBI has already arrested both of them on charges of cattle smuggling. In its chargesheet, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claims that Saigal Hossain received 'illgotten' money on behalf of Anubrata Mondal. The CBI alleged that Hossain earned Rs 26.35 lakhs over a period of seven years from 2015-2022. Investigations revealed the entire amount was deposited in an account maintained by a local bank. CBI arrested Hossain in June. According to the CBI chargesheet, Mondal is the alleged kingpin of the cattle smuggling racket. Enamul Haque was another of his associates. His role was to extend protection and patronage to those who bought the animals at a market in Ilambazar. The modus operandi was to ferry the animals from the market to thr Indo-Bangla border. Cattle smuggling case: Over 26 lakhs earned by Anubrata Mondal’s bodyguard in 7 years, says CBI. Saigal Hossain had purchased innumerable properties during 2015 and 2022 in various places.

Tourist hotels in Puri, Darjeeling and Digha –

GosaniYatra or The Durga Puja of Puri

Darjeeling hotels brim with tourists

How Can You Enjoy Durga Puja At Affordably Priced Hotel In Digha?

Some popular stories of this blogger –

Warships of the U.S. enter the Taiwan Strait, adds to tension in the region

India and Pakistan meet in Dubai for Asia Cup 2022

Treaty to protect marine life on the high seas

China uses drones and rockets for cloud seeding to get rainfall

Business mood in Durga Puja markets in malls and footpaths

South Korea updates operational plans to counter nuclear and missile threats from the North

California to go electric by 2035 with more climate-friendly vehicles

Severe rain and floods kill more than 900 in Pakistan

The CBI special court sends TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to jail

Kids in television serials and reality shows

Everyone loves kids and, realizing that kids will draw viewers, the television producers instruct their story writers to include kids in their scheme of things – namely, to draw the sympathy of the audience and keep them on tenterhooks so that they remain glued to the couch with the remote in hand and eyes fixed to the TV screen.
Since the TV serials go on for years, the kids change. They grow up and, new kids enter to fill in the void while the previous lot graduates to senior roles. The bottom line is – once in TV, they remain in TV because they get recognition.

Much is talked about child marriages – it is banned by law but the script writer successfully circumvents the law and comes up with serials like Balika Bodhu which translates into Child Bride! There are quite a number of similar serials where kids talk and behave like grownups and, in order to encourage them, they get awards on the special nights where they go on stage, clutch their trophies, beam at the crowd and blow kisses.
And then there are the reality shows on TV – yes, they get opportunities to showcase their talents on shows of music or dance but, putting such shows in the night time slots does more harm than good. We advise our kids to go to bed early, we do not permit them to watch television beyond a certain hour but, when it comes to reality shows in which kids are in the center of things, how can we not allow the kids to stay up and watch the shows?
It may be recalled that Kaun Banega Crorepati or KBC for short which was hosted by Amitabh Bachhan, used to have a show for children. It used to be timed on Sunday morning at 9am, or was it 10am? That is how it should be – let the shows for children, by the children, for the children not get pushed into late night slots that begin art 10pm and goes on till 11.30pm. (to be continued …)
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)
A few more must reads -
Maggi noodles are banned in India but, the same Maggi is safe in the UK

Top Ramen follows Maggi and goes off the shelves

India’s dreams of a Utopia vanishing, courtesy arrogant and corrupt ministers

Oil giant Shell to drill for oil in the Arctic off the Alaskan coast

Venezuela facing shortage of beer


Boko Haram unleashes another round of terror on Nigeria – kill 150 in Borno state

ISIS child executioners shoot and kill 25 Syrian soldiers in Palmyra ruins in public

Britain wakes from slumber after Tunisia deaths – to debate airstrikes on ISIS targets,br>

Mangoes are forever

Ripe mangoes and mango cakes or amsatta