Rs 4 crore fraud charge on Diamond Harbour Trinamul leaders

Police on Saturday arrested two prominent Trinamul leaders from Diamond Harbour in South 24-Parganas for allegedly siphoning off Rs 4 crore meant to be paid as wages in the 100-day job scheme.

Hasanuzzaman Mollah,senior party leader and deputy chief of party ruled Patra gram panchayat, and local youth Trinamul block president Mansur Daftary allegedly replaced bank account numbers of actual beneficiaries with those of their kin and aides and directed cash into those.

The duo have been charged with criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal conspiracy.