India, July 31 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged an around Rs 15,000 crore revenue leak in Birbhum district over the past 15 years, and said it would not have been possible without the support of the previous Mamata Banerjee dispensation.

Addressing a press conference at the state secretariat here, Adhikari claimed the racket, centred around absconding stone trader Mohammad Nazibuddin alias Tullu Mondal, could not have operated for years without political patronage and institutional support.

Multiple government departments were either complicit or remained silent on the directions from the "highest level", he alleged.

"It is impossible for such a large racket to have operated for so long without the suppo...