Former IPS officer of West Bengal Bharati Ghosh joins BJP

Former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, who was once said to be close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday joined the BJP. "The BJP family continues to grow in West Bengal. I welcome former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh to the party," BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya tweeted. Ghosh is also under the Criminal Investigation Department's scanner for criminal conspiracy.