Narada: ED summons Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, deputy mayor Iqbal Ahmed, TMC MP Sultan Ahmed

According to sources, Kolkata Mayor and state fire minister Sovan Chatterjee, deputy mayor of Kolkata and TMC MLA Iqbal Ahmed and Trinamool MP from Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency, Sultan Ahmed, have been asked to appear at ED's office in Kolkata next week for interrogation.

An ED official said that Sovan Chatterjee, Sultan Ahmed and Iqbal Ahmed have been asked visit ED office at CGO Complex in Kolkata's Salt Lake area on next Monday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

However, no reaction has been received from the three leaders of West Bengal's ruling party so far.

Earlier on Monday, Sultan Ahmed was grilled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for more than seven hours in connection with the same case.

Since Mar 14 last year, 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.  

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.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)