Kuntal Ghosh Speaks about Abhishek Banerjee | Kuntal Ghosh claims, he does not know Abhishek Banerjee personally dgtl

Kuntal Ghosh has no ‘personal acquaintance’ with Abhishek Banerjee. This is what the expelled youth leader of Trinamool claimed in the CBI interrogation. This is known through sources on Friday. Kuntal alleged that the Central Investigation Agency was ‘pressurizing’ him to reveal Abhishek’s name. There has been an uproar around this complaint of the former Trinamool leader. Kuntal wrote a letter to the lower court against the ED-CBI in this regard. He also sent a letter to the Hastings police station asking for police intervention. Abhishek was interrogated by the CBI last Saturday regarding that letter. After 3 days, CBI went to Presidency Jail and interrogated Kuntal. According to sources, Kuntal said that he did not have a personal conversation with Abhishek during that interrogation. After the interrogation last Saturday, Abhishek also claimed that he did not know Kuntal.

Kuntal has been arrested for corruption in education recruitment in the state. He is currently imprisoned in the Presidency Jail. While in jail, Kuntal filed a complaint against the Central Investigation Agency involving Abhishek’s name. Abhishek demanded from the meeting at Shahid Minar in Dharmatala, while in custody Madan Mitra asked Kunal Ghosh to take his name by the Central Investigating Agency. Kuntal later claimed that he was being ‘pressured’ by the Central Investigation Agency to reveal Abhishek’s name. Later, the expelled Trinamool leader wrote a letter to the lower court against the ED-CBI. He also sent a letter to the Hastings police station asking for police intervention. After that, Calcutta High Court Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay said in his observation that CBI or ED can interrogate Abhishek if necessary. Justice Amrita Sinha also agreed with that observation. The All India General Secretary of Trinamool approached the Supreme Court in the case related to this letter. The apex court did not want to interfere in this case on Friday. In other words, the Central Investigation Agency can question Abhishek in Kuntal’s letter case. In this context Kuntal’s statement in the CBI interrogation has added a different dimension.

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Kuntal was produced in the Alipore court on Friday. Did someone ‘press’ you to write the letter? Kuntal did not comment in response to this question from the media. In cross-examination, however, the former Trinamool leader answered this question. According to CBI sources, Kuntal claimed in the cross-examination that no one ‘pressured’ him to write the letter. After Abhishek’s speech, Kuntal’s complaint took on a different significance. However, in the cross-examination, Kuntal said that he had read Abhishek’s statement from the newspaper. Along with Kuntal, Tapas Mandal, Niladri Ghosh were also produced in the court on Friday. The court ordered all of them to be remanded in jail until June 2.