Saket Gokhale arrest: Mamata Banerjee vents anger on Gujarat Police, says CCTV cameras from Banga Bhavan had been taken away

Two weeks after Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Saket Gokhale was arrested for siphoning cash, occasion supremo Mamata Banerjee alleged ‘procedural lapses’ within the investigation course of.

Gokhale was a Congress-supporting troll who hailed Rahul Gandhi. He had immediately joined TMC.

While addressing a public assembly in Murshidabad, she claimed, “On Saturday (January 14) night, the Gujarat police along with the Delhi police personnel illegally removed CCTV cameras from Banga Bhavan in Delhi. Won’t you journalists respond to this high-handedness?”

“Not #Bulldozer against bulldozer. But those who are bulldozing democracy, I warn, against their bulldozer there will be their closure” mentioned #MamataBanerjee . #Bengal CM alleged #Gujarat Police had seized CCTV cameras of #Delhi Banga Bhavan 2 days again with out consent from state. pic.twitter.com/MnLiOFRmD8

— Tamal Saha (@Tamal0401) January 16, 2023

“Why don’t you raise these questions? Who stays in the new Banga Bhavan? I stay at my nephew Abhishek’s house (when I go to Delhi). If I visit the National Capital alone, then, I sometimes stay at the Banga Bhavan,” Mamata Banerjee additional added.

She claimed, “Remember, the West Bengal Governor, Chief Justice and Judges of the Calcutta High Court, media persons stay there (at the Banga Bhavan). With that, they now have the footage of the privileged/confidential interactions between them? Who gave you the authority to take away the CCTV footage?”

#WestBengal CM @MamataOfficial has lashed out on the #Gujarat cops alleging process lapses in #SaketGokhale‘s case.@Tamal0401 reviews pic.twitter.com/bviLsqicbK

— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) January 16, 2023

“Remember, I do not endorse the ‘bulldozer policy.’ But those who try to run down democracy with a bulldozer, I warn them about their closure (in future),” Mamata Banerjee was heard as saying.

TMC chief Saket Gokhale was arrested for the third time in December final yr by the Gujarat Police for siphoning off cash within the identify of activism. The police had discovered accounts linked to Gokhale the place he was receiving cash, which he claimed was getting used for authorized charges for activism-related circumstances however was as a substitute being withdrawn by him for private finance.

Saket Gokhale was arrested from Delhi’s Banga Bhavan. Mamata Banerjee has acknowledged that the Gujarat police taking away CCTV footage from Banga Bhavan is against the law and it has been accomplished with out the due permission from the Bengal authorities.

“One of our party workers, who does social work, was wrongfully arrested from Banga Bhavan by the Gujarat Police. He was going to Rajasthan. He was arrested again even after being released on bail”, she added referring to Gokhale.