Former Tripura PWD minister Badal Chowdhury arrested
5 years, 2 months ago

Former Tripura PWD minister Badal Chowdhury arrested

India TV News  

CPI central committee member Badal Chowdhury, accused of being involved in a Rs 630 crore scam that allegedly took place during his tenure as the PWD minister during the Left Front rule in Tripura, has been arrested, police said on Tuesday. West Tripura district Superintendent of Police Manik Das said that Chowdhury was arrested on Monday night. Former chief minister Manik Sarkar, CPI state committee secretary Gautam Das and other Left leaders visited the hospital on Monday night to meet Chowdhury. Former Kolkata Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya participated in Chowdhury's bail plea hearing while Advocate General Arun Kanti Bhowmick opposed the petition.

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