Enforcement Directorate Arrests Bengal Minister In Alleged Corruption Case
NDTV
Jyotipriya Mallick is the MLA from the Habra constituency and currently serves as the Minister for Environment and Forests.
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Jyotipriya Mallick has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after more than 20-hour long raid at his Kolkata home, in connection with an alleged case of corruption in the public distribution system.
Mr Mallick will be produced before a court today. But before that he has been taken for a medical test this morning.
Jyotipriya Mallick was arrested by Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into the alleged ration distribution scam. After his arrest, while he was being taken to the Enforcement Directorate office in Kolkata, the minister repeatedly blamed Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari for his arrest.
