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KOLKATA/RANCHI: Three Jharkhand Congress MLAs along with two others were arrested by West Bengal police after cash worth Rs 49 lakh were recovered from their car on Sunday. The three MLAs — Irfan Ansari, Naman Bixal Kongari and Rajesh Kachhap – were arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged against them by Bormo MLA Kumar Jaimangal for trying to topple the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand. The MLAs had been detained on Saturday night in Howrah.
They were booked for taking bribe, hatching criminal conspiracy and cheating. Two others accused are the driver of the vehicle and another person accompanying the legislators. The case was handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department.
During interrogation, the MLAs reportedly said they had come to Kolkata to buy sari at a cheap rate to distribute among women on the Tribal Day on August 9 in their constituencies. “However, we could not get adequate number of sari and were going to Mandarmani for holiday. We had plans to return to Kolkata to procure the items,” the MLAs reportedly told police.
Police said the MLAs could not explain the source of the money. Police said the three MLAs had gone to Guwahati on Thursday and came to Kolkata on Saturday. The Congress suspended the three MLAs from the party with immediate effect and accused the BJP of plotting against the Soren government. The BJP, however, blamed the Congress leadership for making Jharkhand a “den of corruption”.
Congress, BJP spar After suspending the three MLAs from the party, the Congress accused the BJP of plotting against the Hemant Soren government. The BJP blamed the Congress for making Jharkhand a “den of corruption”.
KOLKATA/RANCHI: Three Jharkhand Congress MLAs along with two others were arrested by West Bengal police after cash worth Rs 49 lakh were recovered from their car on Sunday. The three MLAs — Irfan Ansari, Naman Bixal Kongari and Rajesh Kachhap – were arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged against them by Bormo MLA Kumar Jaimangal for trying to topple the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand. The MLAs had been detained on Saturday night in Howrah.
They were booked for taking bribe, hatching criminal conspiracy and cheating. Two others accused are the driver of the vehicle and another person accompanying the legislators. The case was handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department.
During interrogation, the MLAs reportedly said they had come to Kolkata to buy sari at a cheap rate to distribute among women on the Tribal Day on August 9 in their constituencies. “However, we could not get adequate number of sari and were going to Mandarmani for holiday. We had plans to return to Kolkata to procure the items,” the MLAs reportedly told police.
Police said the MLAs could not explain the source of the money. Police said the three MLAs had gone to Guwahati on Thursday and came to Kolkata on Saturday. The Congress suspended the three MLAs from the party with immediate effect and accused the BJP of plotting against the Soren government. The BJP, however, blamed the Congress leadership for making Jharkhand a “den of corruption”.
Congress, BJP spar
After suspending the three MLAs from the party, the Congress accused the BJP of plotting against the Hemant Soren government. The BJP blamed the Congress for making Jharkhand a “den of corruption”.
