Bengal BJP vice-president remanded in police custody, alleges conspiracy

Kolkata: A Bidhannagar court on Sunday turned down the bail plea of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar, accused in a cheating case, and remanded him in police custody for three days.

Majumdar was arrested on Saturday by Bidhannagar Police Commissionarate on charges of criminal conspiracy, fraud and cheating following a complaint by one Arupratan Roy, who accused him of cheating Rs 7.20 lakh in August last year.

The BJP leader, while coming out of the court, questioned the authenticity of the complainant and alleged that he was a victim of "political conspiracy".

"It's a fake complaint...There is no truth in the complaint. I have been framed," Majumdar said.

The Bengal BJP vice-president's arrest comes in the backdrop of the arrest of two TMC MPs by CBI in the Rose Valley chit fund scam. The TMC leadership had accused BJP of pursuing "vendetta" politics.