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The West Bengal Police person started a process of attaching assets worthy astir ₹11 crore, belonging to a comparative of suspended Trinamool Congress person Humayun Kabir, successful transportation with an alleged cause trafficking case, a elder serviceman said connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
Altogether 14 properties, including land, houses and commercialized establishments successful areas specified arsenic Naldahari successful Murshidabad district's Lalgola, 15 slope accounts and vehicles are being attached arsenic portion of the ineligible process, Superintendent of Police Dhritiman Sarkar told reporters.
The process to connect the assets of Shariful Islam, the father-in-law of Kabir's daughter, was initiated aft allegations were made that the properties were acquired done the narcotics commercialized implicit the past respective years, helium said.
Mr. Kabir, who floated Janata Unnayan Party (JAP) aft being suspended from the TMC, denied the allegations and termed the constabulary enactment arsenic "politically motivated".
“Police person started the process to connect 14 properties of Shariful Islam, valued astatine ₹10.73 crore, successful transportation with a cause trafficking lawsuit nether the NDPS Act. There are allegations that the properties acquired by the accused were disproportionate to his known sources of income. The process started pursuing a little tribunal order. We volition stock further details aft the probe is completed,” the SP said.
The constabulary enactment followed the apprehension of Shariful Islam’s comparative Ziaur Rahman, who was allegedly caught with astir 500 grams of narcotic substances connected March 25 past year, different serviceman said.
During the investigation, cause trafficking links surfaced, prompting the constabulary to probe into the root of Shariful's assets, helium said.
"The ineligible process for confiscation began connected January 1 this year, and aft receiving indispensable approvals from higher authorities, the seizure cognition commenced connected Monday," the SP said.
Mr. Kabir claimed that his daughter’s father-in-law was engaged successful morganatic businesses, including a ceramic kiln and onshore dealings.
The suspended TMC person said helium would determination the Calcutta High Court against the seizure.
Mr. Kabir’s daughter, Nazma Sultana, besides alleged that her household was being "targeted owed to governmental vendetta" and asserted that determination was "no concern relationship" betwixt Shariful and the arrested accused.
Ms. Sultana said, “Just see the timing. All specified allegations are coming to the fore aft my begetter was suspended from TMC. My father-in-law has nary links with cause trafficking and is simply a palmy businessman."
TMC authorities wide caput Kunal Ghosh said the lawsuit had been registered earlier Mr. Kabir was disassociated from the party.
"His caller enactment has turned retired to beryllium the B squad of BJP...Playing the unfortunate paper won't assistance successful this case. Law volition instrumentality its ain course, and the TMC has nary relation successful it," Mr. Ghosh added.
