In a drug case, police call the son-in-law of suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir.

Raihan Ali, the son-in-law of suspended Trinamool Congress MLA and Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) founder Humayun Kabir, received a notice from police in Murshidabad, West Bengal, on Thursday under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, requesting that he come in for interrogation on February 28. Kabir, who was suspended from TMC for starting JUP and laying the foundation stone for a mosque modeled after Ayodhya’s destroyed Babri Masjid on December 6, called the police action on Thursday “a conspiracy.”

“Four days ago, Raihan was asked to join TMC and contest the Lalgola assembly seat. He refused. Now a notice has been served in a concocted case,” Kabir said.

He said Ali is not involved in politics or drug trafficking. “He will neither seek an anticipatory bail nor appear at the police station on February 28. Any attempt to arrest him will have consequences.”

A police officer dealing with the NDPS case said Ali has been summoned in connection with an investigation into heroin trafficking. “Investigations pointed to Ali’s suspected involvement in the narcotics trade. The notice requires his presence to assist in the probe related to the case registered on February 8,” the officer said, requesting anonymity.The land revenue agency accused Kabir’s wife, Mira Sultana, of unlawfully building a residential structure on agricultural land in Manikyahar village in a notification dated February 17.  Kunal Ghosh, the state general secretary of the TMC, denied Kabir’s claims. “These are just administrative issues,” Ghosh stated.