TMC leader Mukul Roy 'untraceable' since Monday evening, claims family
Senior Trinamool Congress leader and MLA Mukul Roy is 'missing' since Monday evening, claimed his family members. The former railway minister's son Subhragshu told PTI that his father was "untraceable" and "missing" since late Monday evening.
FollowMukul Roy's family members have alleged that he is "untraceable" since late Monday evening. Subhragshu, the former railway minister's son, told PTI that his father had been "untraceable" and "missing" since late Monday evening. "Till now I am unable to contact my father. He is untraceable," Subhragshu, a TMC leader, said.
According to Roy's close associates, he was due to fly to Delhi on Monday evening. "As of now, we know he was supposed to land at Delhi Airport around 9 p.m. However, he is untraceable," a close aide added.
Mukul Roy's son claims that his father was aboard an Indigo aircraft (GE-898) to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. Meanwhile, the plane was scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 9:55 p.m., but the TMC MLA could not be located by his family members, according to reports.
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As a founding member of the TMC, the 69-year-old lawmaker is well-known. He served as Union Minister of Railways and Minister of State in the Shipping Ministry during the second UPA government in the Centre. Following disagreements with the TMC's senior leadership, he joined the BJP in West Bengal in 2017.
He was appointed as the BJP's National Vice President and campaigned only for the party in an attempt to turn Bengal into a saffron bastion following the 2021 assembly elections. He won the assembly elections on a BJP ticket from the Krishnanagar Uttar seat in the Nadia district. He then returned to the TMC when the BJP failed to form a government in the state.
