Mamata visits nephew’s house before CBI team

New Delhi, February 23

A visit by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s house minutes before the arrival of CBI sleuths there for questioning Abhishek’s wife Rujira Naroola has triggered a controversy.

“She shouldn’t have visited Abhishek’s residence as it had the potential to create mental pressure on the CBI. She should keep herself away from the investigation,” BJP leader Shamik Bandopadhyay said.

Sujan Chakraborty, CPM leader in the Assembly, wanted to know where was the need for the CM to “confabulate at a crucial moment with those accused in a pilferage racket?” Mamata went to Abhishek’s residence, not far from her own residence at Kalighat area, and spent around 10 minutes there. TMC sources said the CM went there as a “family elder”. Almost immediately after Mamata left, the CBI team consisting eight members, including two women officers, arrived at “Shantiniketan”, to question Abhishek’s wife Rujira.

Rujira had earlier agreed to be questioned by the CBI at her residence on Tuesday after the agency served her a notice on Sunday. — TNS