After Partha, Anubrata Mondal’s arrest jolts TMC; party says ‘zero-tolerance for corruption’ | Top points

TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal was picked up in connection with the 2020 cattle smuggling case and remanded to CBI custody for 10 days. His arrest was another jolt to the TMC amid the ED action against former minister Partha Chatterjee, and gave opposition parties fresh fodder with which to attack the ruling party in Bengal.

India Today Web Desk
New Delhi
August 12, 2022
UPDATED: August 12, 2022 08:17 IST

TMC leader Anubrata Mondal after his arrest by the CBI in connection with a cattle smuggling case (PTI Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

TMC leader Anubrata Mondal was arrested and sent to CBI custody for 10 days in cattle smuggling case.
TMC said it has 'zero-tolerance for corruption' and sought unbiased probe into the case.
Opposition parties attacked the TMC and asked Mamata Banerjee to break her silence on the arrest.

The CBI on Thursday arrested Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal at his residence in Birbhum for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore cattle smuggling case. The action, coming close on the heels of party heavyweight Partha Chatterjee’s arrest, outraged the TMC which accused the Centre of ‘political vendetta’.

Meanwhile, opposition parties in West Bengal capitalised on Mondal’s arrest to mount a scathing attack on the ruling TMC. The BJP accused the Mamata Banerjee-led party of being neck-deep in corruption, while the Congress said the day is not far when probe agencies would reach the top echelons of the party in the graft case.

Here are the top developments in the case:

(With PTI inputs)

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