Bengal Police launch probe into TMC’s bank accounts after rebel MLA’s complaint
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The West Bengal Police on Friday launched an investigation into three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress, The Times of India reported.
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The police also ordered the bank to freeze withdrawals from the accounts.
The probe was initiated under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to organised crime, cheating and criminal conspiracy as well as the Information Technology Act, The Times of India reported.
The action followed a complaint by rebel MLA Biswanath Das seeking a probe into the source and routing of funds into the accounts, The Indian Express reported.
The newspaper quoted Das as having stated in his complaint that the money coming from allegedly illegal activities “may have been” deposited in the accounts.
The investigation was ordered a day after it was reported that former state minister Aroop Biswas had asked HDFC Bank on June 12 to freeze the party’s account, citing uncertainty surrounding the authority and control of the organisation’s affairs and assets. In the letter to the bank, Biswas had identified himself as the party’s treasurer and said he was acting in that capacity.
However, unidentified persons in the party had told NDTV on Thursday that Biswas had been removed as the treasurer on June 5 after he lost the Tollygunj seat, a party stronghold, to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Assembly elections. He was replaced...