CBI asks TMC’s Anubrata to submit passport 

By PTI

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has requested heavyweight Trinamool Congress chief Anubrata Mandal, who has been skipping summons of the company in reference to its probe into circumstances of cattle smuggling and post-poll violence citing well being points, to submit his passport to it, an official mentioned on Tuesday.

The TMC’s Birbhum district president knowledgeable the CBI that he has no passport, which prompted the sleuths to confirm his declare.

“We have asked Mandal to submit his passport to know whether he has travelled abroad or not. But he has informed us that he holds no passport. We are checking it out with the Passport Office,” the CBI official mentioned.

After skipping appearances earlier than the CBI just a few instances citing ill-health and political engagements, Mandal was going to the company’s workplace on April 6.

However, he fell ailing on the way in which and went to the state-run SSKM Hospital.

He was discharged from the hospital after 17 days.

Doctors have requested him to take “complete rest” for the subsequent couple of weeks.

The CBI has constituted a group of 4 docs to look into Mandal’s well being situation.

The TMC chief has mentioned he can not go to the CBI workplace due to his well being situation however the detectives can query him at his residence in Kolkata.