Kolkata, Nov. 14 -- : More than three years after the CPM expelled two of its leaders from the party over alleged financial irregularities at a private educational institution in Tollygunge, both were arrested late on Friday night in connection with the financial scam.
The arrested leaders are Gautam Bandopadhyay and Partha Pratim Das, both former members of the CPM's Kolkata district leadership.
They were arrested by the detective department of Kolkata Police following a complaint lodged by one Arnab Sikdar.
The arrests come months after Tollygunge BJP MLA Papia Adhikari raised the issue in the Assembly during the July session, alleging that financial irregularities amounting to nearly Rs 100 crore had taken place at the Calcutta Instit...