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A squad of West Bengal CID officials visited the State Assembly connected Monday (June 15, 2026) arsenic portion of its probe into the alleged forgery of MLAs' signatures for the assignment of the Leader of Opposition, an serviceman said.
A squad of CID officers arrived astatine the Assembly astir 2 p.m. and is believed to person approached the Speaker's Secretariat to stitchery accusation astir a transcript of the enactment solution naming its nominee for the person of absorption post, helium said.
The CID has been searching for the solution papers for weeks.
"The probe is progressing connected aggregate fronts. We are examining documentary evidence, verifying statements and trying to found the implicit series of events.”
"Certain inconsistencies noticed during questioning are being looked into carefully," a elder CID authoritative said connected the information of anonymity.
Monday's (June 15) improvement comes aft the CID questioned Trinamool Congress nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee connected 2 occasions successful transportation with the case. Several MLAs person besides been examined by investigators.
On Sunday (June 14), CID officers interrogated Mr. Banerjee and the TMC's Beleghata MLA, Kunal Ghosh, by making them beryllium face-to-face.
Last week, CID investigators carried retired searches astatine the TMC bureau adjacent to erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence but reportedly failed to retrieve the document. They besides searched Abhishek Banerjee's bureau connected Camac Street successful the confederate portion of the city.
Sources said Abhishek Banerjee was repeatedly asked during questioning astir the whereabouts of the solution copy, but investigators were incapable to get immoderate definitive information.
He is understood to person maintained that helium was unaware of its whereabouts.
Following the associated questioning of Mr. Ghosh and Mr. Banerjee connected Sunday (June 14), investigators reportedly decided to widen their hunt for documentary evidence, starring to Monday's (June 15) sojourn to the Assembly.
"The solution papers is considered important to the investigation. We are collecting each disposable records and accusation from applicable institutions to ascertain the facts," the elder CID authoritative added.
On May 6, TMC legislators met astatine Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence and projected the sanction of Sovandeb Chattopadhyay for the station of Leader of the Opposition. Legislators contiguous astatine the gathering reportedly expressed enactment by a amusement of hands.
The ceremonial proposal, however, was not instantly submitted to the Assembly. Following the swearing-in of TMC MLAs connected May 13 and 14, the Assembly Secretariat sought a solution from the enactment naming its nominee for the post.
A caller gathering was held connected May 19, pursuing which a papers carrying signatures of 70 legislators successful enactment of Mr. Chattopadhyay was submitted to the Assembly.
Questions were subsequently raised aft discrepancies were allegedly noticed betwixt signatures appearing connected antithetic documents submitted by TMC MLAs.
The substance yet led to the registration of an FIR and a CID probe. The State probe has already questioned respective legislators successful transportation with the case.
