Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee become arrested through the Bankura district police on Saturday night time on expenses of corruption regarding the Bishnupur municipality wherein he served as chairman until 2020. It has been alleged that he become worried in monetary irregularities to the song of ₹9.91 crore.
A Bankura courtroom docket remanded the accused to police custody for 5 days on Sunday afternoon. “I don't have any concept why I become arrested,” Mukherjee stated even as he become being taken to courtroom docket. Mukherjee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on December 19, 2020 while Suvendu Adhikari and a number of TMC leaders left the ruling birthday birthday celebration and switched sides. He become however, by no means visible at any BJP occasion nor become he given any submit withinside the nation committee.
The former legislator from Bishnupur meeting constituency become a minister withinside the first TMC authorities however become later dropped through leader minister Mamata Banerjee. He was now no longer fielded withinside the March-April nation polls.
The police arrested him following a probe into irregularities in tenders floated through the Bishnupur municipality. The grievance was lodged through the sub-divisional officer of Bishnupur.
“Mukherjee was arrested after he did not give an explanation for the irregularities,” stated Bankura superintendent of police Dhritiman Sarkar.
“Mukherjee was by no means lively in our party. The alleged crime occurred while he was withinside the TMC. BJP has not anything to do with this,” stated Samik Bhattacharya, Bengal BJP’s leader spokesperson.