Plea in Calcutta HC seeks probe into assets of Mamata Banerjee’s kin – India Today

A lawyer, who has links with the BJP, has filed a petition with the Calcutta High Court seeking a probe into the assets of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s relatives.

This Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by advocate Tarunjyoti Tiwari. The PIL states that the assets of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s relatives have grown disproportionately, especially after 2011 when Mamata came to power.

It also alleges that Kajari Banerjee, the wife of Samir Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee’s brother, had contested civic polls from Ward Number 73 and in her affidavit she had said she was a social worker and did not disclose the details of her property.

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Tarunjyoti Tiwari, through his PIL, also sought Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and income tax department probes into the assets of Mamata Banerjee.

The move comes days after TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal was picked up in connection with the 2020 cattle smuggling case and remanded to CBI custody and senior leader Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in the teacher recruitment scam case.