New Delhi, June 13: Abhishek Banerjee, the General Secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and a Member of Parliament, has been summoned once again by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police regarding the forged signature case. He is required to appear at the CID headquarters on June 14.
On June 11, CID officials interrogated Banerjee for over five hours. However, the investigation agency was not fully satisfied with his responses, prompting the need for further questioning.
Previously, on June 11, Justice Kaushik Chanda of the Calcutta High Court had instructed Banerjee to cooperate with the investigation by arriving at the CID headquarters by 6 PM that evening. The court noted that he had previously ignored three summonses and warned that such behavior would not be tolerated.
At the time of the court’s order, Banerjee was in New Delhi. Following the directive, he returned to Kolkata and arrived at the CID headquarters at 5:55 PM, just five minutes before the deadline. He signed the visitor register and proceeded directly into the interrogation without speaking to the media.
The High Court has granted him interim relief from any form of punitive police action, including arrest, for 21 days. The court also instructed him to fully cooperate with the investigation and permitted the CID to conduct searches and raids if necessary.
All eyes are now on the CID’s next steps regarding the upcoming interrogation scheduled for June 14, as political and legal circles await further developments.
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