Kolkata, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of the judicial probe committee constituted by the West Bengal government to investigate alleged institutional corruption during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government conducted searches at the offices of two corporate entities owned by former state municipal affairs and urban development minister and former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Thursday.
The probe team reached the offices of Hakim Polymakers Private Limited and Hakim Chemicals in South Kolkata's Tollygunge Circular Road in the afternoon. The searches were conducted in the presence of Kolkata Police.
Both companies are owned by Hakim, a four-time Trinamool Congress legislator who is popularly known as Bobby in political circles in West Bengal. According to information available on the companies' websites, Hakim is associated with their ownership.
Sources familiar with the development said the committee members were seeking to ascertain whether money allegedly earned through corrupt practices had been invested in either of the two companies. The team was also examining whether there was any link between the corporate affairs of the entities and alleged institutionalised corruption during the previous state government.
Neither Hakim nor any member of his family was present at the two offices when the probe team arrived, the sources said.
Hakim retained his Kolkata Port Assembly constituency in the West Bengal elections held earlier this year, winning the seat for the fourth consecutive term. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rakesh Singh by a margin of more than 56,000 votes, despite the Trinamool Congress suffering a major defeat in the state.
On July 14, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the formation of a judicial commission to investigate various allegations of institutional corruption during the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government between 2011 and 2026.
The commission is headed by former Calcutta High Court judge Justice Biswajit Basu (retired). Its investigation is being conducted under the supervision of a senior Indian Police Service officer.
The administrative work of the commission is being handled by an Indian Administrative Service officer, while a West Bengal Revenue Service officer is responsible for its technical aspects.
Source: IANS
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