Kolkata, September 19 (Daily Kiran) : The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police informed a district court in West Midnapore on Saturday that Sumit Roy, a personal assistant to Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, deposited approximately ₹7 crore into the party’s account.
Roy was arrested alongside former TMC legislator Sujay Hazra and others in connection with an alleged illegal land grab case. The charges include the creation of fake documents to sell government land.
During the court proceedings, Roy reportedly told investigators that he received the funds from T. Ghosh, identified as the party’s treasurer, on Banerjee’s instructions to deposit into the TMC fund. While Roy denied receiving any money from the land scam, he acknowledged that he visited Salboni several times at the party’s behest, as stated in documents submitted by the CID.
Earlier this month, the CID’s charge sheet against Sujay Hazra noted that Roy deposited nearly ₹7 crore into an account at a public sector bank in Kolkata between 2018 and 2021. This account was registered under the name of the West Bengal Trinamool Youth Congress.
CID sources indicated that Roy’s decision to deposit the money into the party’s account rather than his own suggests it was not a personal choice. Consequently, the agency seeks to record Ghosh’s statement.
Confirming the progress of the investigation, government lawyer Syed Nazim Habib stated that further questioning of Roy, Hazra, and other accused individuals is essential. The CID requested a seven-day custody extension for Roy, who initially filed for bail but later withdrew the petition. The court has remanded all arrested suspects to five days of CID custody.
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