TMC bank accounts holding Rs 440 cr frozen after MLA complaints

The debit operations of three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress holding around Rs 440 crore have been frozen following complaints by rebel party MLAs seeking a probe into the source of the funds, deepening the bitter internal battle over control of the opposition party’s financial war chest.

A senior police officer told PTI that the three accounts maintained with a private sector bank were placed under a “debit freeze”, preventing withdrawals or outward transactions, though credits may continue to be received.

The development comes amid an intensifying power struggle within the



TMC between camps led by former minister Aroop Biswas and Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee over control of the party’s organisational and financial apparatus following its defeat in the recent Assembly elections.

The freeze follows complaints by 10 MLAs aligned with Banerjee to the cyber crime police station under the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, seeking registration of an FIR and a detailed investigation into the accounts.

In their complaints, the legislators questioned the source of funds deposited in the accounts and sought an inquiry into transactions carried out through them.