Narda sting: Case filed against 12 TMC leaders by ED

12 of Mamata's leaders under ED scanner in Narda sting/ Image: PTI/File

New Delhi: A day after BJP boss Amit Shah’s visit to Kolkata, 12 of Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee’s leaders are under ED scanner in Narada sting case. Earlier, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case against TMC leaders.   As per reports, The ED is likely to soon summon them for questioning. Last week, the CBI registered a First Information Report in the Narada sting operation case against TMC leaders Madan Mitra, Mukul Roy, Saugata Roy and ten others. The FIR also lists Sultan Ahmed, Iqbal Ahmed, Kakoli Ghosh, Prasun Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari, Sovan Chatterjee, Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim, Aparupa Poddar and serving IPS officer Syed Hussain Meerza. The West Bengal Government had filed a petition in Supreme Court challenging Calcutta High Court order, which was dismissed by the apex court. Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee had called the whole matter as a “Political game”. She also asserted that a name on FIR does not prove guilt. Earlier on March 17, the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI probe into bribery allegations against top TMC parliamentarians and ministers. Reacting to the court’s order, Mamata said that she will appeal against the court order in a "higher judiciary". Earlier in April 2016, the court had formed a three-member committee to probe the controversial tapes. Narada News, led by its editor-in-chief Matthew Samuel, had earlier released three sets of videos of its sting operation, where top TMC leaders were allegedly seen accepting bribes from journalists posing as businessmen. The ruling party had dismissed the tapes as doctored; and said the dirty tricks departments of its political opponents were behind the smear campaign.