<p>An FIR has been registered against BJP MLA and leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari for his alleged involvement in theft of cyclone 'Yaas' relief material from a store of Contai Municipality in Purba Medinipur district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The FIR lodged at the Kathi Police Station also mentioned names of Suvendu's brother Soumendu Adhikari, a former chief of the civic body, and two others, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The FIR was registered on a complaint filed by Ratnadip Manna, a member of the board of administrators of the municipality, on June 1.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/central-team-reaches-odisha-to-visit-cyclone-hit-areas-from-monday-994605.html" target="_blank">Central team reaches Odisha, to visit cyclone-hit areas from Monday </a></strong></p>.<p>He had alleged that tarpaulin worth around Rs two lakh was stolen from a store managed by the municipality on May 29.</p>.<p>All of those named in the FIR have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Disaster Management Act, 2005.</p>.<p>"The complainant said that the theft was done on the directions of the Adhikari brothers," the police officer told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>"Two persons have been arrested in the case so far," he said.</p>.<p>During interrogation, the two arrested persons have admitted that they were "directed by Suvendu and his brother Soumendu" to steal the relief material, a source in the Purba Medinipur District Police said.</p>.<p>Lok Sabha MP Sisir Adhikari, the father of Suvendu and Soumendu, said the FIR was "nothing but a conspiracy by the ruling Trinamool Congress".</p>
<p>An FIR has been registered against BJP MLA and leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari for his alleged involvement in theft of cyclone 'Yaas' relief material from a store of Contai Municipality in Purba Medinipur district, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The FIR lodged at the Kathi Police Station also mentioned names of Suvendu's brother Soumendu Adhikari, a former chief of the civic body, and two others, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The FIR was registered on a complaint filed by Ratnadip Manna, a member of the board of administrators of the municipality, on June 1.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/central-team-reaches-odisha-to-visit-cyclone-hit-areas-from-monday-994605.html" target="_blank">Central team reaches Odisha, to visit cyclone-hit areas from Monday </a></strong></p>.<p>He had alleged that tarpaulin worth around Rs two lakh was stolen from a store managed by the municipality on May 29.</p>.<p>All of those named in the FIR have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Disaster Management Act, 2005.</p>.<p>"The complainant said that the theft was done on the directions of the Adhikari brothers," the police officer told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>"Two persons have been arrested in the case so far," he said.</p>.<p>During interrogation, the two arrested persons have admitted that they were "directed by Suvendu and his brother Soumendu" to steal the relief material, a source in the Purba Medinipur District Police said.</p>.<p>Lok Sabha MP Sisir Adhikari, the father of Suvendu and Soumendu, said the FIR was "nothing but a conspiracy by the ruling Trinamool Congress".</p>