Kolkata Mayor and a Minister in West Bengal Government, Sovon Chatterjee, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday in connection with the ongoing investigation in the Narada news sting.
Mr Chatterjee, along with other party leaders, was seen in the videos accepting cash on camera. The videos were made public before the 2016 West Bengal Assembly polls.
Eight hours
The Mayor arrived at the ED office around noon and was questioned for about eight hours. Firhad Hakim, another Trinamool Congress Minister, who was also seen in Narada videos, was questioned by ED for about four hours on Wednesday.
While the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR in the case on the directions of the Calcutta High Court, the ED is probing the money laundering in the case.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has in the past described the questioning and arrest of Trinamool leaders by investigating agencies as ‘political vendetta,’ left for New Delhi where she she will participate in the meeting of Opposition parties on Friday.