CBI court asks ED to take Trinamool leader to Delhi by air after medical examination
The Hindu
The ED was directed to produce Anubrata Mondal before a special CBI court in Delhi for investigation into a PMLA case for his alleged complicity in a cattle smuggling case
A special CBI court in Asansol on March 6 directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take arrested Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal to Delhi by air for questioning, in accordance with an order of the Calcutta High Court.
The special court judge also asked the Asansol correctional home authority to hold the medical examination of Mr. Mondal at the earliest, in coordination with the Asansol Durgapur Commissioner of Police, keeping his security aspect in mind.
The court said that Mr. Mondal will be taken to Delhi by air, after jail authorities hand him over to the probe agency, following his medical examination at a Central Government facility in Kolkata.
The ED was directed to produce the Trinamool Birbhum district president before the special CBI judge at Rouse Avenue court in Delhi for further investigation into a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case for his alleged complicity in a cattle smuggling case.
A medical officer will be accompanying the Trinamool leader to the national capital.
The court took note of a letter by the jail authority which said that both the Asansol Durgapur police commissioner, which was approached for transferring Mr. Mondal to Delhi with required security cover, and the ED have asked it to comply with a warrant issued for producing Mr. Mondal before the Delhi court.
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