A four-member team of the West Bengal Police reached here on Wednesday as part of investigation in the cash seizure case involving three arrested Jharkhand MLAs that has entangled the name of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
A senior Guwahati Police official said that the state police has accorded full cooperation to their counterparts from the neighbouring state in their investigation into the case.
“The rumour that we have detained them is completely wrong. In fact, they are roaming around the city in vehicle provided by us,” the officer said on condition of anonymity.
Sources said that the WB Police team is looking to collect CCTV footage of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati to see if the arrested
Jharkhand Congress MLAs visited Assam recently to meet Sarma.
An airport source said the investigating team from the neighbouring state spoke with the CISF unit at the LGBI Airport. After getting approval from the security force, they will approach the airport management to procure the footage.
Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand — Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari were arrested by West Bengal Police after seizure of over Rs 49 lakh cash from a car in which they were travelling.
The Congress, which is a part of the JMM-led government in Jharkhand, alleged that the BJP was trying to topple the Hemant Soren government by offering Rs 10 crore each and a ministerial berth to MLAs.
The party has also dragged in the name of the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the alleged conspiracy, but these allegations were rubbished by the BJP, which claimed that the grand old party was trying to hide its own corruption after the cash was found.
