BJP leader arrested for Illegal exchange of Old notes

ArrayKolkata, Dec 7: A BJP leader was arrested along with six alleged coal mafia for allegedly trying to exchange old currency notes here on Tuesday, police said.Manish Sharma, a BJP leader and party candidate form Ranigunj in West Bengal s Burdwan district in the assemly polls earlier this year, was nabbed from Baguihati, while trying to exchange old currency notes in bulk, said a senior officer of Kolkata police s Special Task Force.Six other persons involved in mining business were also arrested alongwith Sharma for trying to exchange old currency notes.