15 kg gold, ₹28.5 crore cash recovered from former govt bus driver in Bengal’s Birbhum
West Bengal Police recovered 15 kg of gold and ₹28.5 crore in cash from the property of Minar Mondal, a former government bus driver in Birbhum, who is linked to a Trinamool Congress leader. This significant seizure, one of the largest in the state, is part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal mining and sand smuggling.
Why it matters
This massive recovery highlights the scale of corruption and illegal financial activities, particularly those with alleged political connections, in West Bengal, raising questions about governance, accountability, and the effectiveness of anti-corruption drives.
The West Bengal Police officials on Wednesday (July 29) recovered 15kg gold and ₹28.5 crore cash from a former government bus driver in the Birbhum area. The accused bus driver Minar Mondal is the brother-in-law of Tulu Mondal, allegedly a close aide of Trinamool Congress leader and strongman of the Birbhum district Anubrata Mondal.
“Minar Mondal has been arrested after the raid. It was his property where this cash and gold was found. A case has been registered and investigation is ongoing,” a top police official told The Hindu on Thursday (July 30, 2026).
This cash and gold seizure has been one of the biggest in the State after such massive recoveries were made from properties linked to former Trinamool era Education Minister Partha Chatterjee’s and his aide Arpita Mukherjee. The amount recovered from Ms Mukherjee was ₹50 crore in cash and over 5 kilograms of gold.
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