Roopa Ganguly, Kailash Vijayvargiya and two other BJP leaders summoned by Bengal CID in child trafficking case
According to reports, in the notice under CrPC section 160, the BJP leaders have been asked to appear at CID headquarters in Kolkata's Bhabani Bhawan for interrogation on Jul 27 and 29.
Earlier in February, CID busted a Jalpaiguri-based international child trafficking racket and arrested several people, including a BJP women's wing leader- Juhi Chaudhury, in connection with it.
A CID source claimed that Juhi Chudhury mentioned a few names during interrogation and the BJP leaders, who have been summoned, had allegedly held meetings with the women's wing leader of north Bengal.
Condemning of the CID's action against top BJP leaders, party's Bengal president Dilip Ghosh alleged that it is only a political revenge of the state government.
"As one after another Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders are being summoned and grilled by CBI and ED in Narada, Saradha, Rose Valley cases, Mamata Banerjee using her CID to pursue politics of vengeance," Dilip Ghosh told IBNS.
Meanwhile, another Bengal-based BJP leader, Shamik Bhattacharya, has been summoned by the CID in connection with its ongoing probe into a Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) corruption case.
He has been asked to appear at Bhabani Bhawan at 12 pm. on Friday (Jul 21).
Shamik Bhattacharya, however, said that he has been called as a witness in the case and he will cooperate with CID in the investigation.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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