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Trinamool Congress MP Ahmed Hassan Imran in the Rajya Sabha is a ‘frontman’ for Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami, CPI(M) Central Committee member Gautam Deb has claimed. Rajya Sabha is upper house of Indian parliament. Imran had ‘close association’ with many senior Jamaat leaders, the paper quoted Deb as saying at a press conference held the CPI(M)’s North 24 Parganas district headquarters,  reports The Hindu. Imran, however, denied the allegation, threatening to sue Deb if he was unable to substantiate his claim. The newspaper said Deb had quoted from a “secret document” that contained allegations appearing in various publications and on websites. Former West Bengal Housing Minister Deb claimed Imran was a former president of the Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI), a banned outfit, and had developed ties with several top-ranking Jamaat leaders in Bangladesh. Deb also claimed that the Trinamool MP had ‘appropriated’ Islamic Bank funds while working as the bank’s Indian counsellor in Jeddah. He also worked for a ‘pro-Jamaat newspaper of Bangladesh in West Bengal’, the former minister said, according to bdnews24.com.