Former TMC minister arrested.
Bengal former TMC minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee yesterday was arrested by the Bankura district police on charges of corruption involving the Bishnupur municipality where he served as chairman till 2020.
It has been alleged that he was involved in financial irregularities to the tune of ₹9.91 crore.
A Bankura court remanded the accused to police custody for five days on Sunday afternoon. “I have no idea why I was arrested,” Mukherjee said while he was being taken to court.
Mukherjee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on December 19, 2020 when Suvendu Adhikari and a host of TMC leaders left the ruling party and switched sides. He was however, never seen at any BJP event nor was he given any post in the state committee.
The former legislator from Bishnupur assembly constituency was a minister in the first TMC government but was later dropped by chief minister Mamata Banerjee. He was not fielded in the March-April state polls.
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