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New Fraud Case Against Sumit Roy in Salboni: Rs 50 Lakh 'Protection Money' Allegation, CID Claims Rs 7 Crore Transaction
- •A new fraud case has been registered against Sumit Roy and four others at Salboni police station for allegedly demanding Rs 50 lakh as 'protection money' from a sand businessman.
- •The complainant claims Rs 30 lakh was paid as a first installment and another Rs 19 lakh subsequently at a Kolkata hotel.
- •CID has claimed financial transactions of approximately Rs 7 crore by Sumit Roy in the Salboni land case, deposited into a nationalized bank account between 2018 and 2021.
- •Sumit Roy reportedly told CID he deposited the money into a 'party fund' on Abhishek Banerjee's instructions, with funds provided by 'T Ghosh'.
- •Salboni police will apply to the Medinipur court to take Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Abhishek Banerjee, into custody in connection with this case.
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A sand businessman filed a complaint at Salboni police station alleging that Sumit Roy and four others demanded Rs 50 lakh as protection money for overloading sand from a mine. The complainant claimed that a meeting was held at a Kolkata hotel where an initial installment of Rs 30 lakh was paid, followed by another Rs 19 lakh.
The CID reported to the court that Sumit Roy deposited approximately Rs 7 crore in installments between 2018 and 2021 into a nationalized bank account registered under the West Bengal Trinamool Youth Congress. Investigators stated that Sumit claimed he deposited the funds into the party fund under the instructions of MP Abhishek Banerjee, receiving the money from an individual named T Ghosh.
The complaint filed at Salboni police station also mentions Soumjit Sen, who is the personal assistant to iPAC director Prateek Jain, alongside Sumit Roy and four other individuals regarding the alleged Rs 50 lakh fraud.
