Kolkata,Aug: A CBI special court judge in West Bengal’s Asansol sent senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal to 14 days’ judicial custody. Mondal, who is Trinamool district chief in Birbhum, was arrested on August 11 by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
While party supremo, and West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, had supported Mondal during a party event on August 14, the party itself had maintained that it had “zero tolerance” for corruption. Although Banerjee had indicated the party’s dissatisfaction regarding the investigation and related process by central agencies, the party also sought a more “natural ” approach to the inquiry procedure by the central investigation agencies.
Mondal’s judicial custody is one more point of worry for the ruling party as it follows the arrest of former state minister Partha Chatterjee who was suspended by the party following his arrest. The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Chatterjee on July 23,he was sent to jail on August 5 following a court directive; the custody was later extended till August 31.
