Ex-TMC leader Bibhas Adhikari, arrested in Noida for a ‘fake police station’, allegedly ran similar set-up in Kolkata
Adhikari was also accused of taking money in exchange for job promises in the teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal.
Adhikari was picked up along with his son and four others on charges of running the “International Police & Crime Investigation Bureau” in Noida’s Sector 70. (File Photo) Ex-TMC leader Bibhas Chandra Adhikari, arrested in Noida for “running a fake police station”, has allegedly been found to have operated a similar set-up in Kolkata.
Adhikari, a former Trinamool Block President from Nalhati in Birbhum and once under the CBI and ED scanner in the teachers’ recruitment scam, was picked up along with his son and four others for allegedly running the “International Police & Crime Investigation Bureau” in Noida’s Sector 70 on Saturday night. Police said the group allegedly posed as government officials to extort money.
Investigations by Kolkata police revealed that in Kolkata’s Beleghata area, Adhikari had allegedly rented two flats on CIT Road where he displayed boards reading “Investigation of Social Justice”, “Interpol” and “Police”. He would allegedly arrive in a car with a blue beacon with four armed guards.
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