“Vendetta”: Bengal BJP MP On Nephew’s Arrest In Financial institution Fraud Case

Kolkata:

BJP MP Arjun Singh’s nephew Sanjit Singh alias Pappu has been arrested in reference to a financial institution fraud case in Barrackpore in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police mentioned on Saturday.

He was arrested late on Friday night time after hours of interrogation in reference to fraud in a cooperative financial institution in Barrackpore, a senior police officer mentioned.

The accused was produced earlier than a neighborhood courtroom within the afternoon, he mentioned.

Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh, who has been at loggerheads with the TMC authorities within the state, has termed the arrest “vendetta politics”.

“His arrest is nothing however vendetta politics to malign me and my members of the family. Initially, the police tried to border me within the case. However once they could not show something, they framed my nephew. We are going to battle it out within the courtroom,” Mr Singh mentioned.

The Trinamool, nonetheless, dubbed the allegations as “baseless”.

“The allegations are utterly baseless. If any individual has dedicated a criminal offense, the regulation will take its course,” senior TMC chief and minister Firhad Hakim mentioned.