KOLKATA: Cops from Golf Green police station arrested Bhaskar Mukherjee, a former BJP Kisan Morcha leader, from Guwahati for allegedly running a fake medical college admission racket in Kolkata and duping a medical aspirant and her father of Rs 52.5 lakh.
Cops said the accused, who had even opened an office in Jadavpur two years ago, had reportedly duped several others. Mukherjee had fallen ill after being picked up from his Guwahati residence and had to be hospitalized. He was brought to Kolkata on transit remand on Sunday and produced before a local court on Monday. The Assam BJP said they had suspended Mukherjee a long time ago for his illegal activities. tnn
