Over the past few years, Basu had virtually become the face of the Tala Prattoy Durga Puja Committee. Kolkata: The Kolkata Police SIT probing the alleged Durga Puja pass scandal arrested massArt secretary Dhrubajyoti Basu (Suvo) on Wednesday evening.
Basu’s name was the first on the list of five individuals named in the FIR, according to police. Basu was arrested in front of the KIT Building at India Exchange Place, said ACP (Crime) Kunal Agarwal. He will be produced before court on Thursday.
Sources said Basu’s name surfaced repeatedly during the interrogation of both Sen and his wife, Madhuchhanda. “We will question Basu along with Sen,” an officer said. Reacting to the ongoing probe, CM Suvendu Adhikari said, “He (Sen) has links with the top.
Madhuchhanda had claimed that she had appended several signatures at Basu’s behest. When even senior cabinet ministers did not have access to the then CM, he (Sen) was always her closest companion.”
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Meanwhile, Sen’s daughter, Abheri, skipped questioning at Lalbazar on Wednesday despite being summoned, citing ill health.