Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s direction came during the hearing of a case related to the recruitment scam (file photo)
Kuntal Ghosh had recently alleged that he was being pressured by the investigators to name Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and this was stated by the Trinamool leader in a public speech which was noted by the High Court.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said without its permission no FIR can be registered against officials of the ED and CBI, who are investigating irregularities in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools sponsored and aided by the West Bengal government. Checking.
Kuntal Ghosh, one of the accused arrested by the ED in the case, had recently alleged that he was being pressurized by the investigators to name Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and the same was mentioned in a public speech by the Trinamool leader. was done, which was taken care of. by the High Court.
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s direction came while hearing a case related to the recruitment scam.
They observed that a letter to the lower judiciary by Ghosh, who is alleged to have acted as an agent in the scam, to the effect that the investigators were pressurizing him to name the TMC leader, was not supported by the accused. There was an attempt to impress by Them.
The court said that even the aspects mentioned in Abhishek Banerjee’s public speech should not be left out of the purview of investigation by the CBI.
Addressing a press conference later in the evening, TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh alleged that a section of the judiciary was “not behaving according to the law”.
“I have great respect for the judiciary. As a party, TMC also respects the judiciary a lot.
However, he also alleged, “But, unfortunately a section of the judiciary in the Calcutta High Court is not behaving according to the law.” Responding to Ghosh’s statement, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said TMC’s anger is quite natural as “the cat is out of the bag now”.
“Several TMC leaders are being arrested in corruption cases. And, whoever speaks against TMC’s corruption is wrong, be it the governor or the judiciary. This proves that he has no respect for the judiciary.
Senior advocate Bikas Bhattacharya, appearing for the petitioner, requested the court to order a forensic examination of the letter.
ED’s counsel Samrat Goswami submitted that Ghosh was arrested by the agency on January 21, and was in its custody for 14 days on the orders of the trial court.
Ghosh has been in judicial custody since the ED’s custody ended.
Justice Gangopadhyay directed the ED and the CBI to file a report with regard to the letter before the court by April 20.
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