Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Saturday took a dig at Abhishek Banerjee over his Sebaashray health camps and warned that the government will take appropriate action at the right time.
Making a statement in the Assembly, Adhikari said several FIRs have been registered against Banerjee over alleged large-scale corruption involving the Sebaashray project, and assured that all allegations will be investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department and a Special Task Force.
The chief minister said in the Assembly, “The nephew’s (referring to Abhishek Banerjee) Sebaashray camp is a scam.” He then showed several photographs of people who allegedly lost their limbs after getting treated at Sebaashray camps.
Subsequently, CM Adhikari informed the Assembly of the measures the state government has taken about Sebaashray.
He said, “We have taken action. We have written to the Atomic Energy Department of the Central Government and the Health Department. We have seized X-ray machines and USG machines. We have seized expired medicines. We have acted against the government funds spent on the project in Diamond Harbour and Nandigram, and against the government doctors who were assigned duty there. A thorough investigation is being conducted involving the CID, STF, and the district police. Every complaint from those who were harmed at the Sebashray camp has been taken as an FIR. Rest assured, those who have committed such a grave crime will not be spared. Time will tell. All evidence is being collected.”
Banerjee was recently booked after a woman complained that she lost a leg following treatment for knee pain at a Sebaashray camp, a healthcare outreach initiative launched by the Diamond Harbour MP in West Bengal a few months ago.
Banerjee launched the Sebaashray health camps in 2025 across his Lok Sabha constituency, among other places.
The TMC leader also faces allegations relating to alleged misappropriation of Cyclone Amphan relief funds, illegal soil extraction and irregularities in government housing schemes. He has been named in multiple cases, including one involving the alleged forgery of signatures on a Trinamool document and another over his remarks on the use of DJs during an election rally.