Former Bengal minister Indranil Sen sent to police custody till November 10 in Durga Puja graft case

A court on Thursday remanded former West Bengal minister Indranil Sen to police custody till November 10 in a case of alleged financial irregularities involving Durga Puja preview shows and the sale of passes, rejecting his bail plea.

Sen arrested in alleged Durga Puja financial irregularities case

The singer-politician was arrested by Kolkata Police on Wednesday in connection with alleged financial irregularities by MassArt Society, with which Sen and his wife, Madhuchhanda, were alleged to be associated.

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court rejected Sen's bail plea after hearing arguments from the prosecution and his counsel.

Calcutta High Court had rejected anticipatory bail

The Calcutta High Court on October 15 rejected his anticipatory bail plea in a cheating case related to the city's Durga Puja festivities.

Sen, who served as cultural affairs and tourism minister in the previous Trinamool Congress government, was accused of commercialising Durga Puja by selling high-priced tickets for preview shows.

Complaint alleges cheating in the name of religion

He was named in an FIR lodged at Bowbazar police station following a complaint by Joydip Mukherjee, who alleged that Sen and the organisation had cheated people in the name of religion between 2022 and 2024 by claiming an association with UNESCO to sell preview-show tickets.