Kolkata: In a interview on Thursday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said it was a “mistake” on her part to give a Rajya Sabha MP ticket to Kanwar Deep Singh.
SIT formed by Kolkata Police to probe allegations of cheating investors against three companies of Alchemist Group, owned by Rajya Sabha MP from TMC K D Singh for allegedly cheating investors.
Sources said, Police had booked Singh, his son and another official of the group on March 16 on the basis of complaints registered by around 69 investors.
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Singh’s name has also surfaced in the Narada sting operation case after Narada News CEO Mathew Samuel claimed that the former had given him Rs 80 lakh for conducting the sting. Interestingly, the police sprang into action soon after Samuel’s claim.
According to a police officer, sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servants) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC have been slapped on Singh, his son Kumarjit and Pawan Verma — both directors of the Alchemist Group.
Alchemist group owns tea gardens in the northeast. It also has investments in steel, food and beverages, IT, retail, healthcare and education sectors.
Speaking at the interview, Mamata said, “The Narada case is sub-judice. I will not comment on it. Investigation will bring out the truth. The Narada issue is a case of political conspiracy. The Narada footage was first shown publicly from BJP’s office in West Bengal. It was done by BJP to take revenge as I had opposed some of the views of BJP during the 2014 Lok Sabha election”.
She added: “However, giving an MP ticket to KD Singh was my blunder… I had thought he was a good person. I had seen his photographs with former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and he also became an MP from Jharkhand before becoming an MP from West Bengal. It was a planted case as he has good relations with BJP”.
“The conspiracy angle of the Narada sting must be investigated. Why were 2014 tapes published in 2016?” she asked.