CBI Awaits Lok Sabha Speaker's Nod To Prosecute BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, 3 MPs: Report

Narada Sting Case: CBI had on Monday arrested two Bengal ministers - Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee - MLA Madan Mitra and former party leader Sovan Chatterjee in connection with its probe into the sting operation, which reportedly caught politicians accepting bribes on camera.

The CBI is waiting for the Lok Sabha Speaker's nod to prosecute four political leaders in the Narada sting case, including BJP's Suvendu Adhikari - who was a Trinamool MP when the tapes surfaced - one of its senior officials said in Kolkata on Tuesday, scotching allegations of bias against the agency by several quarters. The probe agency had on Monday arrested two Bengal ministers - Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee - MLA Madan Mitra and former party leader Sovan Chatterjee in connection with its probe into the sting operation, which purportedly caught politicians accepting bribes on camera. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had recently granted sanction to prosecute the four leaders, following which the agency finalised its charge sheet and moved to arrest them. The CBI has "sought permission from the Lok Sabha Speaker to prosecute Suvendu Adhikari, Saugata Roy, Prasun Banerjee and Kakali Ghosh Dastidar", who were all Trinamool MPs when the operation was allegedly conducted, the official told news agency Press Trust of India.