Bengal Governor to lead security search at Raj Bhavan after TMC MP alleges arms stash within premises

KOLKATA: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose will lead a team of security personnel, who would carry out a search operation at the Raj Bhavan on Monday in the wake of allegations by a TMC MP that arms and ammunition were stacked within its premises, an official said.Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee had on Saturday accused Bose of “sheltering BJP criminals” inside the Raj Bhavan and “arming them with bombs and guns”.”The entire Raj Bhavan will be searched by a joint team of the Kolkata Police and central forces deputed here on Monday to find out whether there are arms and ammunition stacked inside. The Governor will be leading the search operation,” the official told PTI.Bose, who was on a short trip to North Bengal, cut short his tour to spearhead the operation, he said.”There would also be deployment of Kolkata Police personnel at the Raj Bhavan Police outpost, along with the bomb and dog squads. Officials of the Disaster Management & Civil Defence departments will also participate in the search,” he said.



Source link