Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari, one of many three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand who had been arrested After being discovered with Rs 49 lakh in money in July, he stated on Tuesday that he and two different MLAs are “loyal Congress workers who are victims of political conspiracy” and are “being framed by middlemen”.
On July 30, Howrah Police had arrested Irfan Ansari, Khijri MLA Rajesh Kachhap and Kolebira MLA Naman Bixal with round Rs 48 lakh in money within the car they had been touring in. The police had stated that they’d obtained particular data on July 28 {that a} “huge amount of money was being carried in a car” following which the MLAs had been detained and later arrested.
He was charged with felony conspiracy, dishonest and sedition beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Representation of the People Act. The three MLAs are at present out on bail granted by the Calcutta High Court. He has been suspended by the Congress get together, which alleged that he was concerned in makes an attempt to destabilize the JMM-Congress authorities in Jharkhand.
Speaking over telephone to The Indian Express from Kolkata, Ansari stated, “No one can topple the government with only Rs 40-50 lakh in cash”.
On 29 July, Bermo MLA Kumar Jaimangal, also called Anoop, lodged a police grievance, stating that he was provided Rs 10 crore to topple the federal government in Jharkhand and obtained cash. He was being referred to as to Kolkata to take action. Which he was going to go to Guwahati to satisfy BJP chief and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“Neither have I met or spoken to Himanta Sarma. Govt can examine my name report. I have never even spoken to Anoop for the final six months. So, how did I speak to him and Sarma?” requested Ansari.
#watch , Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand Irfan Ansari, MLA from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap, MLA from Khijri and Naman Bixal, MLA from Kolebira had been arrested by the police with big amount of money. pic.twitter.com/VCH06cMr33
— ANI (@ANI) 30 July 2022
He stated: “We had gone to Guwahati to secure admission for our children in boarding schools and to meet tribal students stuck in the rain.” However, when requested which boarding faculty or faculty he was referring to, he couldn’t keep in mind the identify.
Describing the sequence of occasions, Ansari stated: “After we had been stopped by the police in West Bengal, we had been advised that our Jharkhand authorities knowledgeable the Bengal authorities that we’ve Rs 10 crore, which is totally incorrect. was. When we requested them to examine, they received Rs 48 lakh which belonged to all three of us.
“Next morning, we had been launched, however later within the center we had been once more stopped saying that an MLA has lodged an FIR towards us. Based on the allegations made within the Jharkhand Zero FIR, we had been once more dropped at the police station and arrested.
Ansari stated that the cash discovered within the car was for use to purchase blankets, saris, dhoti and soccer jerseys amongst different issues. “I have two petrol pumps and I have a business.”
“Injustice has been performed to us. We are loyal employees of Congress get together. We are a minority: MLA Bixl is a Christian tribal; The MLA is Kachhap Adivasi Sarna… We have core voters of Congress.
Ansari stated all the episode has taken a toll on their households. He stated his mom suffered a ‘coronary heart assault’ and one other MLA’s father had a ‘mind haemorrhage’.
“We need to meet the Congress management in Delhi and inform them that we’re loyal Congress employees and we additionally need to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and who gave false data to her authorities that we’ve Rs 10 crore with us. … Who shall be accountable for the allegations leveled towards us and the sufferings our households face, Ansari stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
