What happened
West Bengal police froze 12 additional bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after complaints alleging illegal diversion of party funds. With these accounts, the total frozen TMC-linked deposits have risen to over ₹1,000 crore.
Police had earlier frozen 3 party accounts worth about ₹440 crore. The Calcutta High Court allowed operation of those accounts under judicial supervision, and a retired judge was appointed to oversee limited use for day-to-day administrative purposes.
Background and earlier position
The action traces to an FIR registered on a complaint by Sandipan Saha, an MLA who later joined the rival faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee. Police recorded statements of multiple MLAs from that faction regarding alleged transactions.
Separately, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated a probe and froze the three earlier accounts. The ED also filed a fresh FIR under a provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 after searches across multiple locations.
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