More embarrassment for Trinamool Congress as CBI arrests another of its leaders in a chit fund case

In was yet another embarrassment for Trinamool Congress and its supremo Mamata Banerjee. After the arrests of one of her ministers Partho Chatterjee and Anubrato Mondal, a leader of one of its units, the CBI has now arrested yet another of its leaders. The former two were arrested by Enforcement Directorate and the latter by the CBI respectively. Both are agencies of the central government. This time the TMC leader was the chairman of the Halisahar Municipality. His name is Raju Sahani and he is believed to be involved in a chit fund case. The CBI has recovered huge amount of cash from his residence. It seems he has bank accounts in foreign countries and is in possession of documents pertaining to properties worth Rs 2.75 crores. West Bengal: CBI arrests Trinamool Congress leader Raju Sahani in chit fund case. Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Mamata Banerjee, was also interrogated by Enforcement Directorate regarding the alleged scam related to coal pilferage.

The Trinamool Congress blames the center, labels these arrests as intimidation tactics and says these will not work. The fight is on. As things stand, the arrests of Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee had links to the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam. They are in judicial custody of the ED. On the other hand, it was the CBI that arrested TMC heavyweight Mondal. It was in connection with the alleged multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal. Mamata has disowned Partha but has stood by Anubrato.

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