TMC chief Jtyotipriya Mallick is presently the West Bengal minister for Forest Affairs and beforehand held the portfolio for the Food and Civil Supplies division.
An Enforcement Directorate (ED) crew late on Thursday evening arrested sitting West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress chief, Jyotripriya Mallik, in reference to an alleged case of corruption in the general public distribution system.
The arrest got here a day after the ED performed searches at Mallick’s residence in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata. As media individuals jostled and gathered across the minister whereas he was being whisked away by the ED sleuths, with the assistance of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, the minister stated he was the “victim of a grave conspiracy”.
“West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick has been arrested by ED in connection with an alleged case of corruption in rationing distribution,” the company said in an official launch.
“I am the victim of a grave conspiracy,” the arrested minister was heard telling media individuals whereas he was being escorted out of his Salt Lake residence.
The ED has been finishing up searches in reference to an alleged case of corruption in ration distribution. Mallick is presently the state minister for Forest Affairs and beforehand held the portfolio for the Food and Civil Supplies division.
Till the time of submitting this report, the ruling Trinamool Congress, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had not responded to the arrest of its minister.Earlier this yr, the ED had arrested former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee, in reference to the lecturers’ recruitment rip-off, after the restoration of enormous money from the latter’s residence.
Both are dealing with a probe into the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment rip-off, in line with the ED.
The TMC’s Burbhum district president Anubrata Mondal had additionally been arrested earlier in reference to a cattle smuggling case.
The chief minister’s nephew and the TMC’s heavyweight chief, Abhishek Banerjee, has additionally been summoned and questioned by the ED on many events in reference to an alleged coal ‘rip-off’ case.
