Calcutta HC issues interim stay on Kolkata Police's ongoing probe into Narada sting
The division bench, comprising of Calcutta HC's Chief Justice Manjulla Chellur and Justice Arijit Banerjee, has stayed the parallel probe of Kolkata Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) until next date of hearing in this case.
CJ Manjulla Chellur on Friday also said that forensic reports of raw tapes, which contains several positive sides and few negative sides as well, had been submitted before the court from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh.
The court has set Aug 19 as the next date of hearing in the case.
Since Mar 14, news portal- Narada News- released several sting operation footage, where TMC's leaders, ministers, MPs and MLAs were exposed while allegedly taking bribes.
From the beginning, TMC leaderships had claimed that the sting footage was doctored and conspiracy of oppositions.
Following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's direction, Kolkata Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) had started investigation into the matter.
It already quizzed senior IPS officer S. M. H. Mirza and Kolkata Deputy Mayor Iqbal Ahmed, and summoned Narada News's CEO Mathew Samuel thrice.
As the matter is sub-judicial in Calcutta High Court, Mathew Samuel appealed to the court to put a stay on Kolkata Police's probe.
While hearing the matter on Friday, Chief Justice's division bench ordered the stay.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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