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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) reached the residence of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at 30B, Harish Chatterjee Street, successful transportation with the allegations of forgery of signatures of enactment MLAs. The CID officials wanted to search the residence of the Trinamool Congress chairperson.
The CID officials said that since the code is referred to as the enactment bureau of Trinamool Congress, they privation to hunt the premises. After respective minutes of standoff with enactment officials, the CID squad entered the premises.
Former Trinamool Congress MP Subhasish Chakraborty said helium cannot let CID officials arsenic some Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are not contiguous successful the house. He urged the officials to travel backmost a time oregon 2 aboriginal erstwhile either of them would beryllium contiguous connected the premises. However, CID officials countered and said that Mr. Chakraborty was “obstructing the investigation”.
A missive nominating Sovandeb Chattopadhyay arsenic the Leader of Opposition was submitted to the Speaker of West Bengal Assembly connected May 20, but MLAs Ritabarta Banerjee and Sandipan Saha alleged that their signatures were forged and ended up being expelled from the party. An FIR has been registered connected the ground of the complaint at Kolkata’s Hare Street Police Station. The lawsuit was aboriginal handed implicit to the CID. The State bureau had issued several summons to party wide secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who had signed the said letter. However, helium did not look successful idiosyncratic citing wellness issues and sought clip for 15 days.
