Kolkata: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari moved Calcutta High Court seeking directions to quash FIR registered against him in Tarpaulin theft case. The matter will now be heard on June 22.
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An FIR has been lodged with Contai Police station in East Midnapore against BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari and his brother Soumendu Adhikari in connection with a case of tarpaulin theft from the storeroom of Contai Municipality.
The CAPF jawans are deployed for the security purpose of Suvendu Adhikari and they have been summoned as it was alleged that the tarpaulins were stolen in their presence. The complaint alleged that Himangshu Manna and Pratap De took away a truckload of tarpaulin from the official godown of Contai Municipality.
Receiving the complaint, the police initiated a probe after lodging a case (Contai Police Station Case No 198/21) of June 1. In reply to a query, the complainant was allegedly told by Himangshu that the tarpaulins were taken away following the instructions of Suvendu Adhikari and his brother Soumendu Adhikari.
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The complaint, which names Suvendu and his brother, was lodged by Ratnadip Manna, a member of the municipality’s board of administrators. Manna had filed the complaint on June 1 alleging that around 12.30pm on May 29, on the Adhikari brothers “directions”, tarpaulin worth Rs 2 lakh, stacked in the municipality store, was forcibly taken in a mini truck by illegally breaking the locks.