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- West Bengal's Anti-Institutional Corruption Commission searched two companies co-owned by former Kolkata mayor and Trinamool leader Firhad Hakim in Kolkata's New Alipore area.
- The commission, set up by the BJP government to probe alleged corruption during the Trinamool regime, visited the office and factory shed of Hakim Polymaker Private Ltd and Hakim Chemicals for about an hour and a half.
- Officials said the visit was prompted by a complaint concerning the plot on which the factory shed was built, and they collected the information they needed.
- Hakim, a dissident TMC leader who resigned as mayor in June, was not present during the searches, which drew contrasting reactions from Urban Development Minister Agnimitra Paul and TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh.
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- Whether the commission's inquiry leads to further action against Hakim, as TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh suggested an arrest and custodial interrogation could follow
- Details of what the commission found regarding the plot dispute over the factory shed
- Developments within the Trinamool dissident faction Hakim has joined
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