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Two expelled CPI(M) leaders arrested over alleged Rs 100-crore scam at Tollygunge college

Kolkata, November 14 (UNI): More than three years after the CPM expelled two of its leaders from the party over alleged financial irregularities at a private educational institution in Tollygunge, both were arrested late on Friday night in connection with the financial scam.
The arrested leaders are Gautam Bandopadhyay and Partha Pratim Das, both former members of the CPM's Kolkata district leadership.
They were arrested by the detective department of Kolkata Police following a complaint lodged by one Arnab Sikdar.
The arrests come months after Tollygunge BJP MLA Papia Adhikari raised the issue in the Assembly during the July session, alleging that financial irregularities amounting to nearly Rs 100 crore had taken place at the Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management.
She had demanded the arrest of the two former CPM leaders and a thorough investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds.
Reacting to their arrest, Adhikari said, "It is absolutely the right step. Some employees have not received their salaries for 50 months, while others have been deprived of their dues for 52 months. I have also heard that money was siphoned off from the college and sent to the party fund."
According to allegations, the financial irregularities took place when the two leaders were associated with the governing body of the college.
Bandopadhyay was its secretary, while Das had held the same position before him.
The allegations had also triggered an internal crisis within the CPM.
Complaints were submitted to the party's state committee, which constituted an inquiry commission comprising Central Committee member Srideep Bhattacharya and state committee member Meghlal Sheikh.
After examining the allegations and recording statements, the commission submitted its report to the state secretariat.
Initially, the state secretariat decided to suspend both leaders from the party's primary membership for six months and directed them to relinquish their positions in the college.
Bandopadhyay, who was then the secretary of the CPM's Tollygunge-I area committee, was also asked to step down from the organisational post.
However, the controversy continued as the two leaders allegedly failed to sever their association with the institution despite the party's directive.
There were also allegations that a loan of Rs 14 crore had been obtained from a Howrah branch of a public sector bank by using the college's credentials during the same period.
Eventually, in early June 2023, the CPM's Kolkata district committee decided to expel both leaders. The decision was subsequently endorsed by the state committee.
The arrest of the two former leaders has now brought the long-running controversy over the alleged financial irregularities at the Tollygunge institution back into focus.
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