KOLKATA: An office-bearer in Trinamool Congress nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee‘s Camac Avenue workplace on Thursday lodged a grievance towards Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim’s officer on particular obligation (OSD) of extorting crores in Banerjee’s title. The grievance has been filed at Shakespeare Sarani PS and DCP (South) Priyobrata Roy’s workplace. Hakim, nevertheless, has stood by his OSD, Kalicharan Bandyopadhyay.
Police sources mentioned Ayan Ghosh Dastidar, who works at Abhishek’s workplace, alleged the OSD had been extorting substantial sums of cash from varied people, together with govt officers and businessmen. It was claimed that a number of allegations have reached the Camac Avenue workplace concerning this the place Abhishek’s title was used to extort cash. Cops indicated {that a} preliminary probe was underway.
When contacted, OSD Bandyopadhyay mentioned, “I’m not able to touch upon such issues. My superiors might clear the air.” Hakim mentioned he had no prior data of the matter and added that he ought to have been knowledgeable earlier. “I realized it from you all. When there is a grievance towards my OSD, it may have been informed to me immediately. What was the necessity to file a police grievance? If I had identified, I might have performed a departmental inquiry myself,” he informed reporters.
Sources in KMC mentioned the mayor held marathon conferences with senior officers on the civic headquarters following a hearsay that Bandyopadhyay can be requested to step down. . It’s learnt that Hakim determined to face by his OSD and requested him to proceed. Talking to reporters, the mayor mentioned, “If an allegation is made towards somebody with none foundation, how can I take away them? I’ve by no means heard of this grievance earlier than.”
KMC Engineer’s and Allied Companies Affiliation demanded that if the allegations made towards OSD had been factually proper, he needs to be transferred. Opposition chief Suvendu Adhikari alleged that Bandyopadhyay had a number of previous such antecedents and backed the allegations towards him.
