Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari arrested in Bengal says ‘victims of political conspiracy’

The Howrah police had arrested Irfan Ansari, Khijri legislator Rajesh Kachhap, and Kolebira MLA Naman Bixal on July 30 with round Rs 48 lakh money within the car they have been travelling in. The police had stated that they had acquired particular inputs on July 28 {that a} ‘huge amount of money’ was being transported in a automobile after which the MLAs have been detained and later arrested.

They have been charged with prison conspiracy, dishonest, and sedition underneath the Preventions of Corruption Act and Representations of People Act. All three MLAs are at the moment out on bail granted by the Calcutta High Court. They have been suspended by the Congress social gathering, which alleged they have been linked to makes an attempt to destabilise the JMM-Congress authorities in Jharkhand.

While chatting with The Indian Express over the cellphone from Kolkata, Ansari stated, “One cannot topple a government with only Rs 40-50 lakh in cash”.

On July 29, Bermo MLA Kumar Jaimangal, who’s also called Anup, had lodged a grievance with the police, saying he was supplied Rs 10 crore to topple the federal government in Jharkhand and that he was being referred to as to Kolkata to obtain the cash after which they have been alleged to go to Guwahati to satisfy BJP chief and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

“Neither I have met nor spoken to Himanta Sarma. The government can check my call records. I have not even spoken to Anup in the last six months. So, how did I speak to him and Sarma?” requested Ansari.

#WATCH | Three MLAs of Congress from Jharkhand particularly Irfan Ansari, MLA from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap, MLA from Khijri & Naman Bixal, MLA from Kolebira have been nabbed by the police with big quantities of money. pic.twitter.com/VCH06cMr33

— ANI (@ANI) July 30, 2022

He added: “We had gone to Guwahati to secure admissions for our children in boarding schools and also to meet Adivasi students who were stuck there in the rain.” However, when requested which boarding faculty or school he was referring to, he couldn’t keep in mind the identify.

Narrating the sequence of occasions, Ansari stated: “After we were stopped by the police in West Bengal, we were told that our Jharkhand government gave information to the Bengal government that we had Rs 10 crore with us, which was completely false. We asked them to check and they found Rs 48 lakh which belonged to all three of us.”

“Next morning, we were let off, but later midway we were again stopped stating that an MLA had filed an FIR against us. We were again brought to the police station and arrested based on the allegations levelled in the Jharkhand zero FIR,” he added.

Ansari stated that the cash discovered within the car, which belongs to him, was supposed for use to purchase blankets, sari, dhotis, and soccer jerseys amongst different issues. “I have two petrol pumps and have a business.”

“We have been wronged. We are loyal workers of the Congress party. We are in minority: MLA Bixal is a Christian adivasi; MLA Kacchap is an Adivasi Sarna… We have core voters of Congress,” he added.

Ansari stated your complete episode has taken a toll on their households. He stated his mom suffered a ‘heart attack’ and one other MLA’s father suffered a ‘brain haemorrhage’.

“We want to meet the Congress leadership in Delhi and tell them that we are loyal Congress workers and we also want to meet the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and who gave her government false information that we Rs 10 crore with us…Who will be answerable to us on the charges levelled against us and sufferings that our families had to endure,” stated Ansari.