ED summons Abhishek, Police search his Kolkata house for 4 hrs

In a predawn raid in West Bengal, police personnel, accompanied by central forces, searched TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's residence in Kolkata for more than four hours on Saturday in pursuit of his close aide in an alleged financial fraud, officials said. The operation, led by a team from Paschim Medinipur's Salboni Police Station and assisted by Kolkata Police personnel, began shortly after 3 am and triggered a confrontation, with the TMC alleging "political vendetta" and BJP leaders insisting that investigators were merely following due process. Former chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee rushed to Abhishek's Kalighat residence and remained there for a considerable period as the search was underway at the house of her nephew.According to the police, officers repeatedly knocked on the doors of Banerjee’s Kalighat residence but received no response. Coming out of the house later, Abhishek Banerjee alleged that police personnel had forcibly entered the residence after breaking open a lock and searched the entire premises. “They broke the lock and searched the entire house,” he told reporters.
Police officers said the search was linked to an ongoing investigation into a financial fraud case registered at Salboni Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district. However, they declined to disclose further details about the nature of the allegations or the specific evidence being sought. According to the authorities concerned, the police were searching for the TMC MP’s personal assistant in connection with the ongoing investigation. West Bengal Minister Shankar Ghosh blasts Abhishek Banerjee as a bad element who ruined Bengal politics with no place in public life.

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In addition, the Enforcement Directorate has summoned him on June 15 in connection with its probe into the alleged primary school recruitment irregularities case.
In Siliguri,  Businessman Sanjay Kumar Singhal on Saturday filed a complaint at the Cyber Police Station against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, alleging his election speeches contained intimidating remarks about post-poll consequences. Police have been requested to examine video evidence and take appropriate legal action. The complaint alleges that his election speeches contained threatening statements regarding possible post-election outcomes.