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Narada case: CBI moves SC against TMC leaders' house arrest

May 24, 2021 12:13 IST

The Central Bureau of Investigation has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta high court order allowing house arrest of four leaders, including three from the Trinamool Congress, in the Narada bribery case.

IMAGE:A security person closes the gates of a residential complex which has the residence of former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee, following Calcutta high court's house arrest for him in Narada bribery case in Kolkata. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra/PTI Photo

The high court had on May 21 ordered shifting of two West Bengal ministers, an MLA and a former Kolkata mayor to house arrest from jail.

A division bench, presided by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, differed on the issue of recalling the stay on bail to the four accused. It decided to refer the matter to a larger bench of five judges and the hearing is scheduled at 11 am.

The CBI has challenged the order of house arrest and reference of the matter to a larger bench, a law officer said.

West Bengal Transport Minister Firhad Hakim, Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee were arrested by the CBI last Monday morning in connection with the Narada sting tape case that is being investigated by the agency on a 2017 order of the high court.