AGARTALA, May 10 (TIWN): In a new twist in the multi- crore MGNREGA scam under Bishalgarh RD Block, police arrested Gouranga Paul from Charilam on Saturday for his involvement in the MGNREGA scam.It is to be mentioned here that the eight FIR named accused persons into massive multi-crore MGNREGA scam under Bishalgarh RD Block were produced before the court on May 7. The Additional District and Sessions Court sent all the eight accused persons in 14 days Judicial Custody (JC). On the other hand two accused persons Mita Malakar (Jr. Engineer) and Debprasad Nandi (Gram Rojgar Sevak) are still at large. According to police sources, the police will not be able to submit the charge sheet within the time period because the scam is huge and some CPI-M leaders and Minister are putting pressure on police not to submit the charge sheet within timeframe.The eight persons are Chayan Nandi (Technical Assistant), Kishore Banik (Technical Assistant), Nibash Pal (Jr. Mechanical Engineer), Partha Sarkar (Jr. Mechanical Engineer), Goutam Pal (Junior Technician), Shayamal Debbarma (GRS), Sarada Debbarma (GRS) and Subir Ukil (Work Assistant).

On the other hand, the prime accused of multi-crore Bishalghar scam Bimal Chakraborty, who had surrendered before the court on October 23, last year, was granted bail by the Additional District and Sessions Court on Monday last. A section of legal experts said that the Public Prosecutor, who moved the case in favour of the government, could not present the necessary evidences before the court perfectly and the Investigation Officer (IO) of this case allegedly failed to submit the complete charge-sheet even after the statutory period of 180 days since his arrest.