Another accused, who had given his flat in Kasba on hire to pretend IAS officer Debanjan Deb, was arrested on Wednesday evening, taking the whole variety of arrests to seven.
“One Ashok Kumar was arrested last night. He had given his flat on rent to Debanjan Deb. He also got two news stories published in a newspaper – one related to Debanjan’s raid and the other related to his conduct of elections,” mentioned a Kolkata police officer. Police mentioned Deb (28) was utilizing the flat as his workplace for a month-to-month hire of Rs 65,000 from September-October, 2020.
Kolkata Police additionally sought particulars from three non-public banks the place Deb has eight accounts.
Investigation revealed that Deb’s cousin Kanchan, who was arrested not too long ago, was booked in a home violence case filed by his spouse in 2016. It is alleged that regardless of Kanchan being conscious of Deb’s pretense, he continued to help her.
Deb was arrested final week for organizing no less than two suspected vaccination camps in Kasba and City College and for being joint commissioner of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
He can be accused of duping some individuals of lakhs on the pretext of serving to them in getting KMC tenders. The alleged fraud was uncovered after TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty didn’t obtain customary telephone messages put up vaccination on the Kasba camp.
Three of Deb’s associates had been arrested final Saturday.
The police have charged the 28-year-old and his associates with try and homicide below different sections of the IPC.
Police have recovered cast letter pads, tickets and different authorities paperwork from Deb’s home and workplace. A Special Investigation Team was shaped to probe the case after the alleged fraud got here to mild.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
