All India Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Kalyan Banerjee has allegedly fallen victim to cyber fraud. ₹55 crore was embezzled from his State Bank of India (SBI) savings bank account, news portal Anandabazar reported on Friday, November 07, 2025.
According to a news portal citing people aware of the development, the SBI authorities have lodged an official complaint related to the scam with the cyber crime branch.
Was Kalyan Banerjee’s account inactive?
Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee’s account with the State Bank of India Assembly branch was opened in his name when he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 2001 to 2006. The SBI Assembly branch comes under the Supreme Court branch of the State Bank of India.
Kalyan Banerjee’s account was opened in the same SBI Assembly branch at that time along with other MLAs. According to a news portal report, all the parliamentary allowances he received as an MLA at that time were deposited in the same bank account.
Banerjee reportedly did not make any transactions through this assembly bank account for a long time and as a result the bank account turned into a ‘dormant account’.
According to a blog post by ICICI Bank, a dormant account is a bank account that has been inactive for a long period of time, often over a year. Banks mark these dormant accounts as inactive to prevent unauthorized activity in case the owner forgets about the account.
A report by a news portal highlighted that fraudsters allegedly used this account to commit cyber fraud.
(This is a developing story. Please check back for updates)
