Theee MLAs of Jharkhand were nabbed by the police of West Bengal, and their car was found with huge amounts of cash. Due to intelligence regarding a cash load hidden inside the vehicle, it was stopped at the Panchla-Ranihati crossing, but authorities were initially unaware of the passengers.
” We’ve nabbed 3 MLAs of Congress from Jharkhand namely Irfan Ansari, MLA from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap, MLA from Khijri & Naman Bixal, MLA from Kolebira with huge amounts of cash. We would only be able to count it once counting machines come,” said SP Swati Bhangalia (via ANI).
Later the police confirmed that the MLAs were from the Congress party and were of Jharkhand, namely Irfan Ansari, MLA from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap, MLA from Khijri & Naman Bixal, MLA from Kolebira.