Cattle scam: TMC’s Anubrata Mondal sent to 14 days judicial custody

India

pti-PTI

Asansol, Aug 24:
A
special
CBI
court
on
Wednesday
remanded
Trinamool
Congress
leader
Anubrata
Mondal
to
14
days
in
judicial
custody.
Mondal
was
arrested
by
the
CBI
on
August
11
in
connection
with
its
probe
into
the
alleged
cattle
smuggling
to
Bangladesh.

Rejecting
the
bail
plea
of
Mondal,
Asansol
special
CBI
court
judge
Rajesh
Chakraborty
remanded
him
to
judicial
custody
till
September
7.
He
will
be
produced
before
the
court
again
on
that
day.

The
court
also
allowed
the
agency’s
prayer
for
questioning
Mondal
in
the
correctional
home.
The
TMC
leader’s
lawyer
prayed
for
his
bail,
claiming
that
there
is
no
connection
between
him
and
the
alleged
smuggling
of
cattle
through
Birbhum
district.
It
was
also
stated
by
his
lawyer
that
Mondal
is
65
years
old
and
suffers
from
various
ailments.

The
CBI
counsel,
opposing
the
bail
plea
of
Mondal,
sought
his
judicial
remand,
claiming
that
he
is
an
influential
person
and
may
try
to
influence
witnesses
in
the
case.
The
TMC
Birbhum
district
president
was
in
CBI
custody
since
his
arrest
from
his
Bolpur
residence.

Cattle
smuggling
case:
CBI
freezes
FDs
worth
Rs
16.97
cr
of
TMC
leader
Anubrata
Mondal,
family

He
was
arrested
after
he
did
not
appear
before
the
agency’s
officers
at
its
Nizam
Palace
office
in
Kolkata
on
August
10
for
questioning
in
connection
with
the
cattle
smuggling
case.
Mondal
had
not
appeared
before
the
CBI
on
nine
out
of
10
occasions
that
he
was
asked
to
come
for
questioning.
The
TMC
leader
was
taken
to
Asansol
correctional
home
from
the
court
amid
huge
police
presence.