Kolkata: Former India football star Baichung Bhutia who is contesting the West Bengal assembly polls as a Trinamool Congress candidate, possess assets worth in excess of Rs 17 crore.
Bhutia, who is in the fray from Siliguri in north Bengal, possess moveable assets in excess of Rs 3.88 crore with an annual income of Rs 34.99 lakh in 2014-15.
His moveable assets include an Audi car valued at Rs 41.84 lakh, several insurance policies with a cumulative sum assured exceeding Rs 1 crore, shares in Free Kick Ventures worth Rs 19.32 lakh, shares in BB15 fitness Studio Rs 25.10 and shares in United Sikkim Football Club of Rs 6.22 lakh.
His three dependants including wife Madhuri have a cumulative moveable properties worth over Rs 5.60 lakh.
His immoveable properties which include several plots of inherited land in his hometown in Sikkim as well as assets purchased in Kolkata currently carry a market value of over Rs 13.47 crore.
His immoveable properties include a bungalow on a land of 5,455 square feet at Vedic Village in Kolkata`s north eastern outskirts.
Incidentally, the soccer icon who had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Darjeeling constituency had declared near identical figures then, with his moveable assets worth a little over Rs 3.88 crore while his immovable properties stood at Rs 13.47 crore.
