Who Is Sujit Bose? All About Former TMC Minister Arrested By ED In Municipality Recruitment Scam

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Last Updated:May 11, 2026, 22:14 IST

Sujit Bose, former West Bengal fire services minister under Mamata Banerjee, was the former Bidhannagar MLA. He served as the vice-chairman of the South Dum Dum municipality.

West Bengal’s former minister Sujit Bose has become the first high-profile minister in the previous Trinamool government to have been arrested in connection with municipal recruitment scam.

Who Is Sujit Bose?

Under former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee government, Sujit Bose was the fire services minister. The former Bidhannagar MLA, he served as the vice-chairman of the South Dum Dum municipality.

Bose lost the seat to BJP’s Sharadwat Mukherjee by a margin of more than 37,000 votes in recently concluded assembly elections. The ED had raided the premises of the ex-minister in October 2025.

The municipality recruitment scam pertains to alleged irregularities in appointments to various civic bodies in West Bengal. The ED has been probing the money trail linked to the alleged illegal recruitment of labourers, sweepers, clerks, peons, ambulance attendants, pump operators, helpers, sanitary assistants and drivers, etc., at several municipalities in the state, including South Dum Dum.

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