The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order which allowed house arrest of 4 TMC leaders in Narada case. The central investigating agency has sought adjournment of hearing today, news agency ANI reported.
The CBI in its appeal sought deferment of the larger bench hearing, fixed for today before the five-Judge Bench of the Calcutta high court.
The Calcutta HC in its earlier order allowed four TMC leaders, including two sitting ministers, accused in the Narada case, to be granted bail, and to be kept under house arrest.
The high court had referred the bail pleas of four leaders to be heard by a five-judge bench after the split verdict was passed by the two-Judge bench.
The four politicians of West Bengal accused in the case are two sitting ministers of Mamata Banerjee-led government — Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee — and TMC legislators — Madan Mitra and former MLA Sovan Chatterjee.
According to the case, the sting operation was conducted by one Narada News in West Bengal, showing around 12 then TMC ministers, leaders and an IPS officer were allegedly caught accepting bribes. The stint operations tapes were released in the case to expose the accused persons before the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections.
The Calcutta High Court had, in 2017 in its order, directed a preliminary investigation to be conducted by the CBI in the case.
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