Former Bengal minister held in cheating case
Kolkata, June 18 -- Former West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Udayan Guha was arrested from his residence in Kolkata on Wednesday in connection with a cheating case linked to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, a police officer aware of the matter said.
"Guha has been arrested from Kolkata by officers from Dinhata police station in connection with a cheating case. He is being brought to Cooch Behar for further investigation," said a senior police officer from Cooch Behar.
According to a police officer, the arrest came after a Dinhata-based businessman lodged a complaint against Guha that the former north Bengal development minister had raised money from several people to set up a facility for new born in a sub-divisional hospital. The money was never used. "He demanded Rs.25,000 from me. But I was given a receipt of Rs.10,000 only. I was also threatened when I demanded the receipt for the full amount I had paid," Rupam Saha, the complainant, told local media persons in Dinhata.
Meanwhile, Guha said: "I have no idea why they have arrested me."...
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