India, Nov. 17 -- After a Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Banerjee accused Bengal's Raj Bhavan of sheltering criminals and arming them, governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday led a search operation of a joint team of state and central police forces on the premises, his office said.

"On instructions of the governor, a joint combing operation was carried out for the entire Raj Bhavan building and its precincts. The joint combing operation was led by governor himself," said a senior official of the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata.

This move comes after TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee alleged that Raj Bhavan was supplying arms and explosives to criminals to attack TMC workers. "Ask the governor to stop sheltering BJP criminals inside the Raj Bhavan. He keeps them...