Narada sting operation (2016)

In 2014, journalist Mathew Samuel conducted a secret sting operation posing as a representative of a fictitious company named Impex Consultancy.
He approached several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders with offers of bribes in exchange for promised favors, such as helping his “company” get business contracts in West Bengal.
The operation remained secret for almost two years before being made public in March 2016, just before the West Bengal Assembly elections.
The sting allegedly showed senior TMC leaders accepting bundles of cash.
Sovan Chatterjee – Then Kolkata Mayor
Subrata Mukherjee – Minister (later passed away in 2021)
Firhad Hakim – Minister
Suhasish Chakraborty – MLA
Sougata Roy – MP
Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) – MP
Prasun Banerjee – MP
Iqbal Ahmed – TMC leader and Deputy Mayor of Kolkata
Madhu Mitra – MLA
Mukul Roy – Then TMC MP (later joined BJP)