Jharkhand MLAs cash seizure case: Bengal CID 'restrained' from conducting raid
The Hindu
Despite having a court warrant, they were prevented from carrying out a search operation, says Bengal police
West Bengal CID on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 claimed that Delhi Police allegedly restrained its team from conducting a search operation in the national capital at a property associated with one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs in the cash seizure case.
Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand — Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari — were arrested by West Bengal Police after ₹49 lakh in cash was seized from a car in which they were travelling.
"On Wednesday morning, a team of West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was restrained by Delhi Police from carrying out a search operation at a property associated with an accused in Jharkhand MLAs cash seizure case despite having a court warrant.
"They had gone to the national capital in connection with the probe into the cash seizure case. This restraining is completely illegal," a senior CID official told PTI.
The CID earlier claimed that the cash seized from the three MLAs was delivered to them by a Kolkata-based businessman through hawala.
The agency on Tuesday raided the office of the businessman, identified as Mahendra Agarwal, at Lalbazar area of Kolkata and recovered ₹3 lakh in cash, several bank passbooks and around 250 silver coins.
The businessman has been absconding since the arrest of the three MLAs.
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