Didn’t get needed permission to probe Adhikari, Roy, Dastidar: CBI chargesheet in Narada case
In a chargesheet filed simply earlier than the arrest of 4 Trinamool Congress leaders within the Narada bribery case on May 17, the Central Bureau of Investigation had talked about that it didn’t get the required permission to start out investigation towards different accused like Suvendu Adhikari, Mukul Roy, Kakali Ghosh Dastidar and Sougata Roy.
The central probe company, which filed the chargesheet earlier than the Judge of Special CBI courtroom, had arrested ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan Mitra, and former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chattopadhyay within the bribery case.
The CBI instructed the courtroom that for the reason that crime occurred in 2014 when Adhikari and Mukul Roy, together with different accused like TMC leaders Kakali Ghosh Dastidar and Sougata Roy, have been Members of Parliament, it didn’t get needed sanction for prosecution from a reliable authority. That’s why it didn’t file a chargesheet towards them, the CBI instructed the courtroom.
The different accused who have been arrested on May 17 have been Members of the Legislative Assembly then. The CBI bought sanction for prosecution from Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar for Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee, and Shovan Chatterjee and so they filed chargesheet towards them.
On Monday, the particular CBI courtroom granted bail to all 4 leaders. However, the Calcutta High Court stayed the bail after the CBI challenged the order. A division bench stated that they shall be handled to be in “judicial custody till further orders”.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, different TMC leaders, and supporters had staged a protest on the CBI workplace in Kolkata following the arrest of the 4.
The TMC has slammed the CBI for not arresting Suvendu Adhikari and Mukul Roy, who switched to the BJP forward of meeting elections within the state.