Cop swindles $2000 from Jyoti Basu's account

The police guard, working with two state employees, withdrew about 100,000 rupees (2,100 dollars) before being caught, West Bengal inspector general of police Chanayan Mukherjee said.

Basu, 91, who was West Bengal's chief minister for 22 years before fragile health forced him to step down in 2000, was shocked to find during a recent visit to the bank he had only 57 rupees left in his account.

The discovery sparked a police investigation, which tracked down the culprits by running through bank security camera recordings.