Centre engageging in political vendetta: Mamata Banerjee after TMC MP Tapas Paul’s arrest

TMC MP Tapas Paul was on Friday arrested by CBI for his alleged involvement in Rose Valley Chit Fund scam, drawing angry condemnation from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who called it “political vendetta” by the Centre over the party’s opposition to demonetisation. BJP on its part said that finally law has caught up with Paul and that CBI is following the process of law even as it asked Banerjee not to give a political twist by questioning the timing and calling it political vendetta.

CBI had issued summons to Pal on December 27 in connection with the alleged scam, which is one of the cases of the chit fund scams being probed by the investigating agency.