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leges that when the investigation was front Police Commissioner but were re- The outcome of the confrontation
handed over to it, Rajeev Kumar with- fused entry by the police guards posted was that opposition leaders -- including
held some crucial and incriminating there and the team was taken to a local Arvind Kejriwal, Tejashwi Yadav, Lalu
documents that the SIT had collected police station. Mamata Banerjee said Yadav, Omar Abdullah, and HD Deve
in the chit fund scams probe. The BJP the trouble flared up after her mega Gowda tweeted their ire and stood by
alleges that these documents raise rally of 23 opposition parties in Kolkata Mamata Banerjee. Congress President,
fingers at various TMC leaders and last month as the Centre was rattled Rahul Gandhi tweeted
people close to Mamata Banerjee. The over its success. “Spoke with Mamata Di tonight and
CBI may confront Rajeev Kumar with That the confrontation was brew- told her we stand shoulder to shoulder
Kunal Ghosh. But a final call on this will ing could be gauged from the develop- with her. The happenings in Bengal
be taken by the investigating officer ments of the past. The Prime Minister are a part of the unrelenting attack on

• Legal intervention After the Supreme Court’s order, Mamata had called off her protest to support Kolkata’s top cop
present in Shillong. The CBI is relying had claimed the West Bengal govern- India’s institutions. The entire opposi-
on a 91-page letter from Ghosh, who ment was killing the aspirations of the tion will stand together & defeat fascist
was expelled by TMC, to the Enforce- middle class through “Triple T — Trina- forces.”
ment Directorate, detailing the role of mool Tolabazi Tax”. The state’s BJP law- Intervening in the stand-off between
Kumar in handling the ponzi scam probe maker Babul Supriyo tweeted: “Presi- the Central and West Bengal govern-
after the main accused, Sudipta Sen and dent’s Rule should be imposed on West ments the Supreme Court has de-esca-
Debjani Mukherjee, both promoters of Bengal to control this ‘Rogue’ #TMchhi lated political tensions, at least for now.
Saradha Group of companies, had fled Govt under a corrupt CM Mamta Ba- The decision allowed both sides in the
to Kashmir. nerjee. This is a constitutional crisis face-off to claim “moral victory”. How-
The row erupted when about three ‘created’ by Mamata to shield her cor- ever, while ordering him to cooperate
dozen officers of the CBI went to con- rupt & tainted accomplices “. with the CBI in “neutral” Shillong, the

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