CBI To File Chargesheet Against 5 Accused In Narada Case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is all set to file the chargesheet against five accused, including three TMC leaders arrested earlier in the day, in the Narada sting case wherein politicians were purportedly caught taking money on camera, officials said.

The CBI held Trinamool Congress leaders Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee and Madan Mitra as well as former party leader Sovan Chatterjee in Kolkata in connection with the case.

In 2014, the sting operation was purportedly conducted by Mathew Samuel of Narada TV news channel wherein people resembling TMC ministers, MPs and MLAs were allegedly seen receiving money from representatives of a fictitious company in lieu of favours.

The tapes were made public just before the 2016 assembly elections in West Bengal.

The Calcutta High Court had ordered a CBI probe into the sting operation in March 2017.

With PTI inputs