KOLKATA/CONTAI: The Contai police on Sunday confirmed that BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s name figured in an FIR lodged into alleged cyclone Yaas relief theft, on a day his aide Rakhal Bera was remanded in police custody over a cash-for-jobs complaint.
The developments have prompted BJP to cry foul, with senior functionaries terming the FIR a “conspiracy” and “politically motivated”.
Adhikari is among the four people named in the FIR, which also mentions his brother Soumendu, a former chief of Contai Municipality.
The complaint that names the Adhikaris has been lodged by Ratnadip Manna, a member of the board of administrators of Contai Municipality.
Manna had lodged the complaint on June 1 alleging that on May 29, tarpaulin worth Rs 2 lakh stacked at the municipality store was forcibly taken in a mini truck by illegally breaking open the locks.
This was done at the Adhikari brothers’ “directions”, the complaint alleges.
“We arrested one person, Pratap Dey, on Thursday,” said Contai police inspectorin-charge Amalendu Biswas.
The complaint also mentions Suvendu’s guards — all central force personnel — who were also present.
A CISF jawan, now assigned to guard Suvendu, has also been summoned for questioning.