As of now, Trinamool Congress Ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, MLA Madan Mitra and Former Mayor of Kolkata Sovan Chatterjee have been taken to Presidency Jail in the ongoing investigation in the West Bengal's Narada scam.
- According to the sources, "Four leaders had been granted the bail from the special CBI court. But later on, CBI moved to the high court citing that the investigation could not be carried on because they are influential."
While briefly speaking to ANI after leaving from the office, TMC leader Madan Mitra and Firhad Hakim's daughter, Shabba Hakim blamed PM Modi, Amit Shah and the Central Government for conspiring their arrest.
- Earlier, a team of doctors arrived at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s office for a medical check-up of four TMC leaders who were arrested, in connection with Narada Scam.
On Monday evening, following the commotion revolving around the Narada scam, several TMC protesters pelted stones on security forces in West Bengal outside the CBI office. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had also taken cognizance of the matter yesterday.
- RC Joshi, Chief Information Officer informed in a press meet, "CBI arrested 4 then ministers (Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee) of West Bengal govt in case related to Narada sting operation. CBI had registered instant case on April 16, 2017, on orders of Calcutta High Court."
Scornfully attacking the West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over the arrest of state ministers, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee told mediapersons,"Governor has vindictively done this without consultation of the state government. Governor has become a bloodsucker. He is now trying to secure a ticket before the 2024 elections from the BJP. Because of this he is doing whatever he pleases against TMC. That Governor is whimsical, and a bloodsucker. He should not stay here for even a minute. He is roaming around here like a mad dog".
The Narada sting operation was conducted by Narada news founder Mathew Samuel for over two years in West Bengal. Conducted allegedly in 2014 for the news magazine Tehelka, it was published on a private news website Narada News months before the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections.
The case is related to a sting operation, commonly known as Narada Sting Operation, in which these former public servants were caught on camera while receiving illegal gratification from the Sting Operator, Samuel.
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