Ration 'scam': West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick arrested by ED, says "victim of grave conspiracy" - Punjabi News

Published on: 27 Oct 2023 at 10:31 AM

Ration ‘scam’: West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick arrested by ED, says “victim of grave conspiracy”

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The Fact News Service

Kolkata, October 27

An Enforcement Directorate (ED) team late Thursday night arrested sitting West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader, Jyotripriya Mallik, in connection with an alleged case of corruption in the public distribution system.

The arrest came a day after the ED conducted searches at Mallick’s residence in Salt Lake, on the outskirts of Kolkata.

As media persons jostled and gathered around the minister while he was being whisked away by the ED sleuths, with the help of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, the minister said he was the “victim of a grave conspiracy”.

“West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick has been arrested by ED in connection with an alleged case of corruption in rationing distribution,” the agency stated in an official release.

“I am the victim of a grave conspiracy,” the arrested minister was heard telling media persons while he was being escorted out of his Salt Lake residence.