Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from West Bengal’s Serampore Lok Sabha constituency, Kalyan Banerjee, has lost Rs 56 lakh after scammers broke into his bank account using fraudulent KYC documents.

According to reports, cyber criminals targeted Banerjee’s dormant State Bank of India (SBI) account at the High Court branch in Kolkata and siphoned off over Rs 55 lakh using fake KYC documents.

The incident came to light when Kalyan Banerjee discovered that a large sum had been transferred from his personal account at SBI’s Kalighat branch to another old, dormant account of his. This account had been opened between 2001 and 2006 when he was serving as an MLA. Subsequently, the money was withdrawn from this dormant account through multiple online transactions.

According to the complaint filed by S

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