KOLKATA: A year after it asked for a set of investment documents from Narada case accused, the Enforcement Directorate sought property and investment details from three of the accused persons — Madan Mitra, Prasun Banerjee and Firhad Hakim. The agency has been probing the money laundering aspect of the Narada sting operation, which was conducted in 2014 and aired in 2016.
According to sources, ED officials sent a notice to the three early this month, seeking investment/asset details from 2013. They also asked for income tax returns since 2013.
In July, the central investigating agency had sent notices to some Trinamool Congress leaders in connection with the Narada probe. It had sought their bank account and other financial details. Trinamool had then termed the move vendetta politics carried out before the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls.
“I received the letter from them early this month and submitted the documents despite these being the same set of documents. Since this is an investigation by a central investigating agency, we will surely cooperate with them,” Banerjee said.
Mitra’s lawyer Niladri Bhattacharya said they had received a request for a similar set of documents last September. “We will surely comply but there is nothing new we can give them,” he said.
Hakim said that the ED has sought financial details of a club from him.