The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim aid to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee and his spouse Rujira Banerjee within the cash laundering case associated to the coal rip-off in West Bengal. The choice was taken by Justice Yogesh Khanna of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, September 21.
Asking the ED to answer the plea in three days, the courtroom has mounted September 27 as the subsequent date of listening to.
The Delhi HC was responding to Banerjee and his spouse’s plea to quash the summons issued to them by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The husband-wife duo was requested by the company to personally seem earlier than it in Delhi beneath Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 on September 21. The TMC MP had contended that they’re residents of Kolkata and shouldn’t be compelled to hitch the probe within the nationwide capital.
Opposing Banerjee’ plea the company had mentioned that cash laundering has nationwide and transnational ramifications and its investigation is just not restricted to any police station or space.
The duo had final appeared earlier than the division in Delhi on Monday, September 6, in connection to a cash laundering case linked to the coal rip-off case. Then too, the duo had expressed their unwillingness to journey to Delhi as a result of pandemic. Rujira Banerjee had then urged the ED to permit her to seem earlier than officers in Kolkata. However, later the 2 had left for Delhi to seem earlier than the division.
‘Will hang myself publicly if found guilty’: claims Abhishek Banerjee earlier than dealing with ED in coal rip-off case
On September 5, earlier than leaving for Delhi, the TMC MP had instructed reporters on the Kolkata airport that he would “hang himself in public” if he’s confirmed responsible.
It could also be famous that the ED had accused TMC common secretary Abhishek Banerjee of being a beneficiary of funds obtained from this unlawful commerce. However, he has denied all expenses.
The case was filed beneath felony sections of the (PMLA) by the ED based mostly on the FIR filed by the CBI in November 2020. The FIR had alleged a multi-crore coal pilferage rip-off associated to the Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines within the West Bengal’s Kunustoria and Kajora areas close to Asansol.