FIR filed against Suvendu Adhikari, brother for allegedly stealing relief material

Kanthi: An FIR has been filed against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari and his brother Soumendu Adhikari for allegedly stealing relief material from Kanthi municipality office in West  Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district.

According to police, the case has been filed against the Adhikari brothers on the complaint of Ratnadip Manna, a member of the Kanthi Municipal Administrative Board.

“On 29 May 2021 at 12:30 pm as per direction of Suvendu Adhikari and his brother and former Municipal Chief Soumendu Adhikari of Kanthi Municipality, Government tripal whose estimated value is around lakhs of rupees, was taken away from municipality office godown by forcefully and illegally opening locks,” read the complaint submitted by Manna at Kanthi Police Station on June 1.

The complaint mentioned that the BJP leaders used armed central forces in the alleged theft.