Cut-Money Accused TMC Leader's 'Saree-Pile' Hideout Busted By Police; Video Goes Viral | WATCH

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[00:00:00]Breaking news that's coming in, and this is a very interesting story that's coming in from the state of Bengal. What began as a routine police search soon turned into a scene straight out of a movie. So, in West Bengal, a local TMC leader who's been accused of collecting cut money from beneficiaries of a housing scheme tried all he could to evade arrest. And just look at those pictures on your screens, and just look at what happened. As police teams fanned out search of this person who's been identified as Brahmananda Chakraborty, he went into hiding. And guess where he went hiding? He hid in a garment store under piles of sarees. Yes, and that is the video on your screens. But, that entire bid went horribly wrong. He was caught, and this is a video that has gone viral on social media. Imagine, for this this attempt that he tried to do, hid under piles of sarees, absolutely fell flat. So, yes, Ridhita, seriously, this happened in Bengal.

[00:00:59]TMC leader accused of uh uh you know, in indulging in cut money practices, the cops went looking for him, and they found him under piles and piles of sarees.

[00:01:14]>> Well, absolutely, this is not for the first time that we are witnessing this in Bengal. Soon after the TMC's collapse, we are seeing that one after other counselors are coming out. At one side, when we are recording of incidents where they're returning the money from the people that they have taken in order to give them housing benefits, to educational benefits, and also personal problem reliefs. They are returning it.

[00:01:33]Yesterday also, we had seen Kakoli Ghos Dastidar has been returning money. And today morning, in fact, this uh gentleman from the Srirampur district, we have seen that uh Barma Bardhaman Chakraborty has been on a manhunt by the police. The police have been looking for him because of the huge number of cut money that he has been taking from the people in order to the housing scheme of the West Bengal government and the Mom does regime. So, not finding him police went to his office, police went to his house and from his residence was recovered hiding under a piles of sari under stacks of sari that he was hiding because of the fear of being caught by the police. But you see that police had laid out a manhunt in the area, the district was super surveillance about this man who had been hiding for days now and finally yesterday had been taken in account from his residence when he was hiding under the stacks of sari.

[00:02:27]And we also get to know that these money people the police have already launched an investigation to find out the cut money.

[00:02:34]Where has this been stored and how can this be recovered to give back to the people of Shrirampur?

[00:02:39]>> All right. So, the crackdown is on all those who are facing allegations of collecting cut money. But once again viewers, bizarre turn of events. Have you ever seen a scene like this? Well, I haven't. Let's describe what we are seeing on our screens. This is the local TMC leader and this is an incident that played out in Howrah. He's been accused of collecting cut money. The police went to search for him. This is in Howrah.

[00:03:06]First they searched his house, they didn't find him there. And then there was a garment store where police started searching every nook and corner. And guess where they found him? Hiding under bundles of sari. So, the sari hideout has been busted and the Trinamool local TMC leaders attempt to evade arrest has completely completely fallen flat. With that, it's time for us to slip into a short commercial break. We'll be back with more news and updates.