Kolkata: Two cops of
the Special Branch (SB) of the Kolkata police were suspended on Monday for
allegedly trying to bribe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Secretary Rahul
Sinha.
The two police officers
have been identified to be Subhasis Roychowdhury, Assistant Sub-Inspector,
and Constable Aminur Rahman. Sinha claimed that both of them offered him bribe
seeking his help in cow smuggling to Bangladesh
Speaking about the
incident, Sinha said that Chowdhury came to Sinha’s office along with Rahman.
“Chowdhury said Rahman was an unemployed youth and wanted some help in
smuggling cows across the Bangladesh border. He offered to reward me handsomely
if I helped. I immediately held him by the collar and slapped him across his
face. Then I handed them over to the police,” he said. He added that the duo
did not reveal their identity until the police were called from the local
station.
Sinha has accused Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to organize a sting operation on the BJP
ahead of the Assembly polls “to counter the Narada
case.” He said: “Yesterday, during the election campaign at Kharagpur which
was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I had heavily criticized the TMC
government because of the Narada
incident and three hours after that, I believe this conspiracy was hatched.”
Police, however, denied Sinha’s allegation
that the two personnel tried to “conduct a sting operation” on him. Police also
said that no camera or cash was seized from them.
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