All India Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament (MP), Kalyan Banerjee, has reportedly fallen prey to cyber fraud as ₹55 lakh has been embezzled from his State Bank of India (SBI) assembly bank account, reported the news portal Anandabazar on Friday, 7 November 2025.
According to the news portal citing people aware of the development, the SBI authorities have filed an official complaint related to the fraud with the cybercrime department.
Was Kalyan Banerjee’s account dormant?
Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee’s account with the State Bank of India Assembly sub-branch was opened in his name when he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 2001 to 2006. The SBI Assembly sub-branch is under the High Court Branch of the State Bank of India.
Kalyan Banerjee’s account was opened at the same SBI Assembly sub-branch along with other MLAs at that time. According to the news portal’s report, all of the MP’s allowances, which he received as an MLA at that time, were deposited in the same bank account.
Banerjee reportedly has not made any transactions through that assembly bank account over a long time, and as a result, the bank account turned into a ‘dormant account.’
According to a blog post from ICICI Bank, a dormant account is a bank account which has been kept inactive for an extended period, often over one year. Banks mark these dormant accounts as inactive to prevent unauthorised activities if the owner forgets about the account.
The news portal’s report highlighted that the fraudsters allegedly used that account to commit the cyber fraud.
(This is a developing story. Please check back for updates)
