Narada Scam: Case filed against CBI for ‘illegal’ arrest of TMC leaders Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee and Madan Mitra

The TMC chief additionally accused the CBI and the Governor of performing on the behest of the central authorities. (PTI picture)

In yet one more flip of occasions within the Narada rip-off in West Bengal, a case has been filed towards the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for illegally arresting two ministers – Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee and TMC MLA Madan Mitra. The FIR towards the CBI was registered underneath sections 166/166A/188/34 IPC & 51(b) DM Act at Gariahat Police Station which falls underneath Kolkata Police.

TMC chief Chandrima Bhattacharya had written to the Commissioner of Kolkata demanding crucial motion towards the CBI officers for arresting TMC leaders. “Within the circumstances, I on behalf of my occasion would request you to right away take crucial motion underneath the regulation and do the needful towards the CBI officers who had arrested the leaders on the behest of Prime Minister, Union Residence Minister and the Governor of the State,” she wrote in her letter. She urged the Police Commissioner to deal with her criticism as an FIR.

She alleged within the letter that when the entire state is preventing towards the COVID-19 pandemic to save lots of the lives of the individuals, it’s shocking that the CBI has arrested three leaders of TMC. She claimed that Hakim has been enjoying an essential position in controlling the pandemic in Kolkata. She additionally alleged that no arrest warrant was produced earlier than the arrest of the aforesaid leaders.

She additionally accused the CBI and the Governor of performing on the behest of the central authorities.

“We’re at a loss to know how the Governor of a state can direct CBI to arrest somebody when the regulation doesn’t allow him to take action. Shamelessly the Governor of the state is performing as a mouthpiece of BJP and is functioning on the whims of PM Narendra Modi and Union Residence Minister Amit Shah. He’s biased and politically motivated. He has no constitutional energy to direct CBI to arrest anybody. An elected state authorities has additionally not been consulted earlier than such motion,” she alleged.

Earlier immediately, the CBI made West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Regulation Minister Moloy Ghatak events in a petition by the company earlier than the Calcutta Excessive Court docket searching for switch of the Narada sting tape case outdoors the state.