Arijit Majumder filed a case in the Calcutta High Court regarding the increase in the property of six relatives of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. BJP leader and lawyer Tarunjyoti Tiwari is fighting the case on his behalf. In view of that case, the High Court has sought affidavits from six of Mamata’s relatives. The affidavit has been asked to be submitted within the next four weeks. A division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj gave the order today.
According to the court, six relatives of Mamata have to submit affidavits by November 11. Meanwhile, petitioner Arijit Majumder has been asked to file an affidavit within two weeks. The next hearing in this case will be on November 28. Meanwhile, Trinamool State General Secretary Kunal Ghosh has been summoned as a witness in the case even though Mamata herself is not a party. Meanwhile, the CBI Director, Director of the Income Tax Department has also been made a party in this case.
The 6 members of the Chief Minister’s family who have been charged with increasing property are – Amit Banerjee, Ajit Banerjee, Sameer Banerjee, Swapan Banerjee, Ganesh Banerjee, Kajri Banerjee. During the Saradha Scam case, Kunal Ghosh had said that all the money was hidden in Mamata Banerjee’s house. Now he is currently the state general secretary of the Trinamool Congress.
