Kanthi: An FIR has been filed against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari and his brother Soumendu Adhikari for allegedly stealing relief material from the Kanthi Municipality office.
According to the police, the case has been filed against the Adhikari brothers on the complaint of Ratnadip Manna, a member of the Kanthi Municipal Administrative Board.
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"On 29 May 2021 at 12:30 pm as per direction of Suvendu Adhikari and his brother and former Municipal Chief Soumendu Adhikari of Kanthi Municipality, Government tripal whose estimated value is around lakhs of rupees, was taken away from municipality office godown by forcefully and illegally opening locks," read the complaint submitted by Manna at Kanthi Police Station on June 1.
The complaint also mentioned that the BJP leaders used armed central forces in the alleged theft.
Suvendu Adhikari's close aide arrested
In another case, Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Rakhal Bera has been arrested on charges of organising a fake government job campaign in Maniktala area of Kolkata during the previous government in the state. Bera has been accused of taking Rs 2 lakh from a man on the pretext of landing him a job in West Bengal's irrigation department.
Several cases of corruption in the irrigation department came to light after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked officials to give her an account of the number of river embankments damaged due to Cyclone Yaas.
With agency inputs
