HC may hear on Tuesday ED's plea to grill Saigal in Delhi

Saigal Hossain, a former security guard of arrested TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, to question him in Delhi in connection to a cattle smuggling case. 

MP | 10 Oct 2022 | Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is likely to hear a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday to take Saigal Hossain, a former security guard of arrested TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, in its custody and question him in Delhi in connection to a cattle smuggling case. 

The case will be heard by the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. Earlier, ED's plea was rejected by Asansol court on Friday. 

Hossain was arrested by the CBI for alleged complicity and amassing of huge wealth in connection with its investigation into the case. He is at present lodged in Asansol Correctional Home. 

The ED has prayed before the High Court that an Asansol special court order refusing its application to take Hossain in its custody and interrogate him in Delhi be set aside, the agency's counsel Phiroze Edulji said on Sunday. 

The prayer is likely to come up for hearing on Tuesday before the vacation bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh. 

The ED arrested Hossain on Friday for not cooperating with its officers during questioning at Asansol Correctional Home, which it was doing with permission from the special court. 

The accused is in judicial remand after being in CBI custody for 15 days following his arrest in June. Earlier, the ED had appealed at the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi seeking permission to interrogate Hossain. 

But the petition was rejected. 

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