CBI names Mamata Banerjee in Narada case

Mamata Banerjee at CBI office in Kolkata. File pic/PTI

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Moloy Ghatak have been made parties in a petition by the CBI before the Calcutta High Court seeking transfer of the Narada sting tape case from the state.

Besides Banerjee and Ghatak, the CBI has also made TMC MP and lawyer Kalyan Banerjee a party in its petition before the high court.

The HC adjourned till Thursday the hearing in the case. In view of the adjournment, ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former city mayor Sovan Chatterjee will continue to remain in judicial custody.

The CBI's petition seeking transfer of trial in the case and the recalling application filed by the four leaders on the high court's stay order on the bail granted by a CBI court on Monday will be further heard by the division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee on Thursday.

Representing the CBI, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta had on Monday told the court that the law minister of West Bengal was present in court, where the accused were to be presented, along with a mob.

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