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FIR filed against Mukul Roy for bribe

Mr Baban, the BJP labour cell general secretary, was caught late on Tuesday night in the case.

Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy has landed in fresh trouble after he was booked in an FIR on cheating charges for allegedly taking around Rs 70 lakh as bribe throu-gh his aides from a man, assuring him to get a berth in a railway panel.

To thwart arrest, he moved the Calcutta high court for anticipatory bail on Wednesday following the arrest of one of his aides Baban Ghosh, a BJP labour wing leader, from Patuli.

Mr Baban, the BJP labour cell general secretary, was caught late on Tuesday night in the case which was initiated at the Sarsuna police station under Section 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) among other charges of the IPC.

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