Narada sting case: Arrested Bengal Minister, TMC MLA, former party leader admitted to Kolkata hospital

West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former party leader Sovan Chatterjee, who have been arrested by the CBI within the Narada sting case, have been admitted to a hospital in Kolkata on May 18 after they complained of uneasiness in a correctional house, officers mentioned.

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Another TMC Minister Firhad Hakim, who was additionally apprehended by the Central company within the case, was shifted to a well being facility in Presidency Correctional Home after he developed fever within the morning, they mentioned.

Mr. Mitra and Mr. Chatterjee have been admitted to the State-run SSKM Hospital early on May 18 as each the politicians developed breathlessness.

Mr. Mukherjee was initially taken to the hospital early this morning and introduced again to the correctional house after completion of check-up as he didn’t want to get admitted there, an official of the medical facility mentioned.

The 76-year-old Minister was once more taken to the hospital later within the day and admitted to the ability as he felt uneasiness.

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“Chatterjee and Mitra complained of breathlessness at around 3 a.m., following which they were brought to the hospital. Both have been kept on oxygen support at the Woodburn Ward of the SSKM Hospital. They are stable now,” the official of the state-run facility instructed PTI.

Mr. Mukherjee can also be in the identical ward, he added.

Following their admission to the hospital, a posse of Kolkata Police personnel has been deployed there.

Family members of the three arrested political leaders went to the hospital to meet them.

The 4 have been apprehended on May 17 morning.

The Calcutta High Court had stayed a particular CBI court docket’s resolution to grant bail to the 4 who have been arrested and charge-sheeted by the company within the Narada sting tape case.

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A Division Bench mentioned it deemed it applicable to keep the particular court docket’s order and directed that the accused individuals shall be “treated to be in judicial custody till further orders”.

The sting operation was carried out by Mathew Samuel of Narada News, an online portal, in 2014 whereby some individuals resembling TMC Ministers, MPs and MLAs have been seen receiving cash from representatives of a fictitious firm in lieu of favours.

The tapes have been made public simply earlier than the 2016 Assembly elections in West Bengal.

The Calcutta High Court had ordered a CBI probe into the sting operation in March, 2017.