Three days after arrest, Bengal TMC minister released from hospital, handed over to ED

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ET BureauLast Updated: Oct 31, 2023, 12:23 AM IST

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Three days after the arrest and hospitalization of West Bengal Forest Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) submitted Mallick's medical report to the court on the health condition of the minister on Monday. Meanwhile, Mallick was released from a private hospital after treatment and handed over to the ED, who had arrested him in connection with alleged irregularities in the public distribution system.

Three days after the arrest and hospitalization of West Bengal Forest Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) submitted Mallick's medical report to the court on the health condition of the minister on Monday.

Meanwhile, Mallick was released from private hospital after treatment tonight and handed over to the ED had arrested the forest minister and Trinamool senior leader Mallick in the early hours of Friday in connection with alleged irregularities in the public distribution system, after nearly 20 hours-long marathon raids and interrogation.

On Monday, Mallick's elder brother had visited the office of the central agency and submitted some documents. Asked on the matter, the minister's elder brother Debapriya Mallcik said, "I have no knowledge about the documents. I have been asked to submit the documents and I did accordingly. My brother Jyoti Priya knows about."

Mallick has been remanded to 10-day custody of the ED till November 6. However, immediately after the hearing in the court, the minister fell unconscious and vomited inside the court room.

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