In his first reaction after being arrested, Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyay today said it was a reflection of his party's good performance in Parliament against demonetisation.
"It is the reflection of a good performance in the Parliament (by TMC in opposing demonetisation)," Bandopadhyay told reporters while being whisked away to the airport here.
Bandopadhyay, who was arrested this afternoon by CBI in connection with the Rose Valley scam, was taken to the airport on way to Bhubaneswar for his production in a court there.
Before that, a routine medical check up was conducted on the TMC leader.
A CBI statement said he has been charged under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 408 (criminal breach of trust), 120b (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) and various sections of Prize, Chits and Money Circulation (Banning) Act of 1978.
Bandopadhyay arrived at the CBI office here after being summoned by the investigation agency. He was arrested after four hours of grilling.
He would be interrogated afresh by CBI in Bhubaneswar in the case which was lodged in the Odisha capital.
Another TMC MP Tapas Pal, arrested in the same case on December 30, is under CBI custody in Bhubaneswar.
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