India, June 22 -- A close aide of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee has been booked in a case of fraud and forgery in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district, a police officer said on Sunday.

The accused, Sumit Roy, was recently booked in a land-grab case, and the West Bengal Police has issued a lookout notice against him. Police had conducted a search operation at Banerjee's residence in Kolkata to locate Roy. On Sunday, a police officer said a case of fraud and forgery has been registered against Roy at the Debra police station in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district. The complainant accused Roy, who has been absconding for quite some time, of cheating and forgery, he said, adding that the arrested former Medinipur MLA S...