'Supreme' hearing on ED's petition against Mamata Banerjee.
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Neelu Ranjan, New Delhi. The ED has demanded such action against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for obstructing the money laundering investigation against IPAC and forcibly taking away the seized documents, that it should become an example and in future no leader belonging to any political party should dare to take the law into his own hands in public.
Along with this, ED has also appealed to the Supreme Court to protect the fundamental rights of the officers who went to conduct the raid as well as the general public of West Bengal who are victims of the scam.
It is believed that ED will mention the petition filed in the Supreme Court for hearing on Thursday. In its petition filed on Sunday, ED has made many serious allegations against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. According to ED, Mamata Banerjee, who is holding the charge of Chief Minister as well as Home Minister, has the constitutional responsibility of maintaining law and order, in which she failed miserably and herself flouted the law.
During the ED raid, not only did she reach the raid site along with hundreds of policemen including the DGP, Chief Secretary, Kolkata Police Commissioner and Joint Commissioner and forcibly snatched away all the items being seized by the ED. The ED officer's laptop was also snatched, which was returned after two hours.
ED has demanded registration of FIR against him under 17 non-bailable sections of the Indian Judicial Code and investigation by CBI. ED has accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of the officers who went to conduct the raids working without fear and of violating the fundamental rights of the common people who lost money in the scam to get justice. ED has appealed to the Supreme Court to protect its original officers.
ED has told the Supreme Court that this is not the first case of obstructing the functioning of the central agency and intimidating and threatening officials for investigation. Mamta Banerjee has done this many times before.
In this connection, the ED cited Mamata Banerjee sitting on a dharna outside her house when CBI officers went to interrogate the Kolkata Police Commissioner and not allowing the officers to enter. Along with this, Mamata Banerjee had tried to forcibly enter the regional office of CBI and amidst violent demonstrations by Trinamool Congress workers, the Joint Director of CBI saved his life by calling the Central Paramilitary Force.
ED also told that during the bail hearing of one of her ministers, Mamata Banerjee had reached the court with five thousand supporters. According to ED, the CCTV cameras installed at the raid site were also taken away by Mamata Banerjee and the police because they knew that an FIR could be registered in this case and the CCTV footage could become important evidence in it. In this way the evidence was destroyed in advance.
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