"Sonia Gandhiji asked us to conduct joint movements with Left Front against Trinamool Congress and BJP in the state," said WB Congress leader Abdul Mannan.
As the family did not make it to the Durga puja pandal on Vijayadashami, the neighbours visited the Bandhu Pal's residence and later alerted the police.
The former Kolkata police commissioner was on the run fearing an arrest as he is accused of destroying evidence in the Saradha Chit Fund scam when he was heading the probe.