KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee allegedly fell sufferer to cyber fraud alleging that round Rs 56 lakh have been siphoned from his checking account linked to his tenure as an MLA years in the past. Based on sources, the financial institution authorities themselves filed a grievance with the Kolkata police cybercrime division.Based on sources, between 2001 to 2006, Banerjee was the MLA of Asansol South. Throughout that point, an account was opened in his identify, together with different legislators, on the State Financial institution of India’s (SBI) legislative meeting sub-branch. This sub-branch is beneath SBI’s Excessive Court docket department. All his allowances as an MLA have been deposited into this account.Banerjee who’s now an MP from Sreerampore, acknowledged there was no transactions on this previous account for a very long time, rendering it a ‘dormant account’ (a time period utilized by banks for accounts with no transactions over an prolonged interval). It’s alleged that fraudsters exploited this account for his or her scheme.Kalyan’s major account is presently with SBI’s Kalighat department. The MP claims that the supervisor of the Excessive Court docket department referred to as him on Thursday to tell him concerning the fraud. It has been reported that utilizing the MP’s picture and cell quantity, Rs 56 lakh was transferred by means of the dormant account and subsequently your complete quantity was then withdrawn.
