Kolkata
Sumit Roy, the personal assistant of Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, arrived at the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) office in Kolkata for questioning in the cash-for-school-job case in West Bengal. Roy has also challenged the ED summons, with a hearing scheduled for later in the day. Sources indicate that Roy’s questioning is related to a corporate entity whose name emerged during the ED’s investigation. Abhishek Banerjee’s wife, Rujira Narula Banerjee, was interrogated by the ED for eight hours last week in connection with her role as the erstwhile director of the same corporate entity. The probe agency had also summoned Abhishek Banerjee’s parents, although they did not appear. The Trinamool general secretary himself has been questioned by both the ED and the CBI as part of their parallel investigations into the case. He recently submitted hard copies of documents related to his assets and property to the central agency’s investigators.
