Kolkata, May 27 -- Two major recoveries of cash, ammunition and alleged government relief materials within 48 hours have triggered fresh political embarrassment for West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress, with police arresting a district-level party functionary and a municipal chairman in separate cases.
In the latest incident, police on Tuesday night arrested North 24-Parganas Zilla Parishad's health and environment functionary Ajit Saha and his brother Sujit Kumar Saha after conducting raids at their residence in Machlandapur under Gobardanga police station limits.
Police claimed to have recovered Rs 27 lakh in cash, 626 rounds of ammunition, 61 empty cartridges, a 7 mm pistol, an airgun and 52 bottles of foreign liquor from t...