Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe in Narada sting operation case

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)probe in Narada sting operation case.

The verdict was given by a division bench of acting Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice T Chakraborty on Friday. The HC has asked the investigative agency to complete its preliminary inquiry in 72 hours.

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What was the sting about:

• The sting operation had showed over a dozen of Trinamool leaders including Parliamentarians, state ministers and former ministers accepting bundles of cash in return for favours to a fictitious company.
• Released barely weeks before the staggered 2016 Assembly polls began, it had set afire the already heated political atmosphere in the state.
• All the politicians shown in the video footage have, however, denied any wrongdoing on their part.

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