Cattle smuggling rip-off: Day after raid on Anubrata’s premises, courtroom rejects Trinamool chief’s bail plea
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ASANSOL: A particular CBI courtroom right here on Saturday rejected Trinamool Congress chief Anubrata Mondal’s bail plea within the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off and prolonged his custody with the central company for 4 days until August 24.
Describing Mondal as a “very powerful and highly influential person”, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appealed for an extension of the TMC chief’s custody stating that he may “influence witnesses and tamper evidence if granted bail”.
The CBI lawyer mentioned that Mondal has been “non-cooperative from the very beginning” regardless of being issued summonses 10 instances.
The counsel additionally claimed that Mondal had pressurised a health care provider to prescribe “complete rest”.
Mondal was arrested on August 11 by the CBI in reference to its investigation into the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off.
The CBI on Saturday carried out a raid at one rice mill right here allegedly owned by arrested Trinamool Congress chief Anubrata Mondal as part of its ongoing probe into the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off, a senior officer mentioned.
During the raid, the CBI sleuths discovered a number of high-end automobiles parked contained in the premises of the mill, he mentioned, including that the possession of the automobiles is “being looked into”.
Asked why the rice mill right here in Birbhum district was raided, the officer mentioned that the company was looking for out how the Trinamool Congress’ Birbhum district president acquired the cash to buy it.
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“The rice mill was purchased by Mr Mondal in 2017. The rice mill has been mentioned as the address of several other offices belonging to him, his daughter and his late wife. We are trying to find out certain other things which may have links to the cattle scam,” the officer advised PTI.
The CBI sleuths, who had been made to attend exterior the rice mill for over half an hour by the safety guards, are planning to conduct raids somewhere else within the district in reference to their ongoing probe.
Mondal was arrested by the CBI on August 11 in reference to a cattle smuggling case.
The occasion on Friday condemned the CBI raids at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence, and alleged that such strikes are part of the BJP’s designs to intimidate the opposition throughout the nation.
The CBI on Friday carried out searches on the residences of Manish Sisodia and IAS officer Arava Gopi Krishna, and 19 different areas, after registering an FIR for alleged irregularities within the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy introduced out in November final 12 months.
Sisodia has maintained that conspiracies won’t break him nor deter his resolve to proceed to work for good training.
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“The raids are an attempt to intimidate and threaten the opposition. Manish Sisodia is the deputy chief minister of Delhi, and the central agencies are trying to harass him on the orders of their political masters. The BJP is doing the same thing in all the opposition-ruled states,” senior TMC chief and MP Sougata Roy mentioned.
TMC MP Santanu Sen claimed that the central probe businesses are “silent” on the subject of taking motion towards these BJP leaders who face allegations of corruption.
The ruling occasion in West Bengal has been rocked by the current arrests of former minister Partha Chatterjee in reference to a college jobs rip-off, and Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in an alleged cattle rip-off – by the ED and CBI, respectively.
ASANSOL: A particular CBI courtroom right here on Saturday rejected Trinamool Congress chief Anubrata Mondal’s bail plea within the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off and prolonged his custody with the central company for 4 days until August 24.
Describing Mondal as a “very powerful and highly influential person”, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appealed for an extension of the TMC chief’s custody stating that he may “influence witnesses and tamper evidence if granted bail”.
The CBI lawyer mentioned that Mondal has been “non-cooperative from the very beginning” regardless of being issued summonses 10 instances.
The counsel additionally claimed that Mondal had pressurised a health care provider to prescribe “complete rest”.
Mondal was arrested on August 11 by the CBI in reference to its investigation into the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off.
The CBI on Saturday carried out a raid at one rice mill right here allegedly owned by arrested Trinamool Congress chief Anubrata Mondal as part of its ongoing probe into the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off, a senior officer mentioned.
During the raid, the CBI sleuths discovered a number of high-end automobiles parked contained in the premises of the mill, he mentioned, including that the possession of the automobiles is “being looked into”.
Asked why the rice mill right here in Birbhum district was raided, the officer mentioned that the company was looking for out how the Trinamool Congress’ Birbhum district president acquired the cash to buy it.
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“The rice mill was purchased by Mr Mondal in 2017. The rice mill has been mentioned as the address of several other offices belonging to him, his daughter and his late wife. We are trying to find out certain other things which may have links to the cattle scam,” the officer advised PTI.
The CBI sleuths, who had been made to attend exterior the rice mill for over half an hour by the safety guards, are planning to conduct raids somewhere else within the district in reference to their ongoing probe.
Mondal was arrested by the CBI on August 11 in reference to a cattle smuggling case.
The occasion on Friday condemned the CBI raids at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence, and alleged that such strikes are part of the BJP’s designs to intimidate the opposition throughout the nation.
The CBI on Friday carried out searches on the residences of Manish Sisodia and IAS officer Arava Gopi Krishna, and 19 different areas, after registering an FIR for alleged irregularities within the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy introduced out in November final 12 months.
Sisodia has maintained that conspiracies won’t break him nor deter his resolve to proceed to work for good training.
ALSO READ | TET row: HC recollects order asking Trinamool chief’s daughter, 5 others to look earlier than it
“The raids are an attempt to intimidate and threaten the opposition. Manish Sisodia is the deputy chief minister of Delhi, and the central agencies are trying to harass him on the orders of their political masters. The BJP is doing the same thing in all the opposition-ruled states,” senior TMC chief and MP Sougata Roy mentioned.
TMC MP Santanu Sen claimed that the central probe businesses are “silent” on the subject of taking motion towards these BJP leaders who face allegations of corruption.
The ruling occasion in West Bengal has been rocked by the current arrests of former minister Partha Chatterjee in reference to a college jobs rip-off, and Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in an alleged cattle rip-off – by the ED and CBI, respectively.
