ED summons three Narada-tainted TMC ministers in West Bengal

ED summons three Narada-tainted TMC ministers in West Bengal

According to reports, the lawmakers of the state's ruling party have been asked to appear at ED office at CGO Complex in Kolkata's Salt Lake area at the earliest.

The Central economic intelligence agency also sent its second summon to Kolkata Mayor and state fire minister Sovan Chatterjee, asking him to appear before it on July 25.  

Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday quizzed Narada News's CEO Mathew Samuel for nearly three hours in connection with the same case in Kolkata and the senior journalist has been asked to stay in the city for next four days for more interrogation.

A CBI source claimed that the probe agency is planning to reconstruct the entire sting operation by next few days with the help of Mathew Samuel.

Since Mar 14 last year, news portal- Narada News- released several sting operation footage, where TMC's leaders, ministers, MPs and MLAs were allegedly taking bribes.

From the beginning, TMC leaderships had claimed that the sting footage was doctored and conspiracy of oppositions.  

After getting direction from the Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court, the CBI has started probe into the case.

Earlier on April 17, the investigation agency registered an FIR in connection with the case under several non-bailable sections against 12 influential leaders, cabinet ministers, MLAs and MPs of TMC and one senior IPS officer, who were seen taking bribes in the sting footage, reports said.

Besides CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has registered a money laundering case in Narada sting and it's currently investigating the case. 

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)