BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said he was concerned over reports of a sitting Calcutta High Court judge meeting the lawyer of one of the accused in a “big scam case” currently pending. high Court.
The BJP leader, however, did not specify the “accused” or “sitting judge” of the high court.
“Concerned that a sitting Judge of the Calcutta High Court, on his visit to Delhi, met the senior advocate of the main accused in a major scam pending before the High Court. The independence of the judiciary cannot be compromised if democracy is to survive.
The officers were recently embroiled in a controversy over an alleged visit to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s New Delhi residence. Alleging irregularities, the Trinamool Congress had questioned how an officer accused in the Narada sting case and Saradha chit fund scam was being entertained by Mehta, appearing for the CBI, which is probing both the cases.
Sharing the official’s latest tweet, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya tweeted: “CM Mamata Banerjee It needs to be clarified whether his senior lawyer, a sitting Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal, represents West Bengal in cases of post-poll violence, and also defends a key accused in a major scam, Saturday had met a sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court in Delhi. “
There was no immediate reaction from the TMC on the officer’s allegation.
Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the immediate release from custody of Rakhal Bera, said to be a close aide officer, while directing the police not to arrest her in any other case without her permission. The court observed that it appears that the police, in coordination with each other, are following a pattern in attempting to detain the petitioner by hook or crook on one pretext or the other.
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