Dinhata (West Bengal): West Bengal Police searched the vehicle of Union Minister and BJP leader Nisith Pramanik during a naka checking in Dinhata and Cooch Behar districts on Tuesday afternoon, an official said.

The Cooch Behar Lok Sabha candidate was present when the vehicles in his convoy were searched.



The incident occurred days after the helicopter of TM General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee was "searched by the Income Tax Department".



“This is a routine test,” said a senior Cooch Behar district official.



"Nothing was found" inside any of the cars in Union Minister of State for Home Pramanik's convoy.



Pramanik is contesting elections again from Cooch Behar.

Voting will be held in Cooch Behar on 19 April.