West Bengal based Purti Reality alleges TMC MLA’s aide kidnapped 3 engineers for extorting money, mails to Mamata Banerjee seeking intervention

Purti Realty, a well-known real estate group based in West Bengal, on Friday, alleged that three of its engineers were kidnapped from Hooghly district after the company received extortion demands from a man who claimed to be a “close aide” of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator from the district.

• What's the story?

Purti Realty, a real estate group based in West Bengal, has alleged that three of its engineers were kidnapped by the aides of TMC MLA Ashima Patra. In a mail sent to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Purti Realty’s managing director Mahesh Agarwal said that the MLA’s men were trying to extort money from the company, and the three employees of the company were kidnapped for ransom.

In the mail, a copy of which was posted on Twitter by BJP MP Locket Chatterjee, The Purti Realty MD said that one Rajib Basu Roy, who had identified himself as a close aide of the MLA, had called the company during Durga Puja and asked for 50,000 T-shirts in the name of MLA Ashima Patra. But when the company told him it will cost Rs. 35,00,000 if the T-shirts are procured at Rs 70 per piece, he asked for 5,000 T-shirts instead.

After that on October 28, Rajib Basu Roy allegedly entered the site of the company in Hooghly and asked for extortion money, threatening that if not paid by the next day, he will show his political and muscle power, said the company MD. He added that on October 29 at around 9-9:30 AM, Rajib Basu Roy came to the site in a white Scorpio bearing number JH10BS*8** and started beating the employees with sticks and bamboos.

After that, the alleged TMC MLA’s men kidnapped three engineers of the company Piyush Kanti Poral, Tanmoy Borik, and Sudip Sarkar. Mr. Agarwal wrote that after kidnapping the three men, he sent a message to the company to bring money to him and release the men from Hotel Hindustan on Durgapur Expressway.

A glaring example of how a businessman became a victim of extortion. His employees got kidnapped!

It shows how Mamata Banerjee is running the extortion industry in West Bengal with the help of her MLA’s and party cadres. The prime reason why Bengal reeks of backwardness! pic.twitter.com/dsQiHlC1uH

— Locket Chatterjee (@me_locket) October 29, 2021

• What's Next?

The Govt. is yet to take any action on this and we will keep you updated on this matter. While the CM is currently on her visit to Goa, the Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member from Hooghly district Locket Chatterjee, took up the issue and targeted the chief minister. “A glaring example of how a businessman became a victim of extortion. His employees got kidnapped! It shows how Mamata Banerjee is running the extortion industry in West Bengal with the help of her MLA’s and party cadres. The prime reason why Bengal reeks of backwardness!” Chatterjee tweeted on Friday night.