Currently in CBI custody on charges of cattle smuggling the Constable has palatial houses and 2 petrol pumps, say CBI sources
A police Constable, Saigal Hussein, deputed by the Trinamool Congress administration as the personal security guard of TMC strongman and Birbhum district party chief Anubrata Mondal, may have built up property worth around Rs 80-100 crore, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources said.
His fortunes include both movable and immovable properties. He is currently in the custody of the CBI on charges of cattle smuggling.
Hussein, considered a powerful man in the inner coterie of Mandal, who, too, is facing similar charges, has palatial houses at Domkal in Murshidabad, luxury apartments near Shantiniketan and in Kolkata New Town, all in the names of his daughters, wife, and even domestic help, sources say, adding the Bengal Police Constable also has two petrol pumps.
The price of Hussein’s vacant land at Domkal, a municipal town in Murshidabad district, is valued at Rs 7 crore, sources said, adding “the CBI is also trying to ascertain his actual and benami properties which may worth Rs 100 crore.”
According to sources, several kgs of gold worth more than Rs 10 crore was recently seized from one of Hussein’s houses. The CBI is investigating the sources of these properties. Hussein was arrested by the CBI following his call records that linked him to Enamul Haq, the prime accused. Subsequent questionings have also revealed the names of few TMC leaders, including MLA Shaukat Molla, who was last week grilled for several hours by CBI.
“If one Constable has that much money then think what the TMC leaders including the top leadership might have amassed in the past one decade of their rule … this ill-gotten money is the source of such rampant electoral violence in Bengal,” said a senior BJP leader.