The cyber police in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district are conducting a thorough investigation into three Trinamool Congress (TMC) bank accounts that were recently frozen on police orders. Officers at the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station are analyzing the transactions, both incoming and outgoing, from these accounts spanning the last five years. They are focusing on tracking the sources of funds deposited and tracing where the money was transferred to.
Authorities are scrutinizing various details related to the frozen accounts, such as their opening dates, registered names, and the identities of authorized signatories who managed them. The investigation is delving into allegations that these accounts received proceeds from extortion and illegal commissions. There are suspicions that the funds obtained through these means were later channeled for illicit activities.
Following complaints by rebel TMC legislators, an FIR was lodged, prompting the police to initiate the probe and instruct the bank to freeze all debit transactions on the three accounts. Aroop Biswas, the party’s former treasurer and ex-minister in the Mamata Banerjee government, had earlier requested the bank to freeze the accounts due to internal disputes over fund control.
In response to the frozen accounts, a faction of the Trinamool loyal to Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee has moved to the Calcutta High Court to challenge the decision. The party is seeking the court’s intervention to determine the basis and authority behind the debit freeze on these accounts.
