New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on May 26 a plea by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is entangled in a school jobs scam.
Earlier, the TMC leader filed a plea against his questioning by the CBI in the school jobs scam case. On May 20, he was questioned for over nine hours by the CBI in connection with the probe into the case. He has sought the apex court's direction that no coercive steps be taken against him by the agency. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Banerjee, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Karol.
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The bench said the plea would be heard on Friday. Banerjee's name cropped up in a complaint filed by Kuntal Ghosh, a local businessman and an accused in the school jobs scam, where he alleged that central investigating agencies were pressuring him to name Banerjee in the case. The agency's summons came within 24 hours of the Calcutta High Court dismissing on Thursday a petition filed by Banerjee seeking recall of a previous court order, which said that investigative agencies such as the CBI and ED could interrogate him in the teacher recruitment scam case. According to sources, the CBI officers have asked the TMC leader why an accused in the school jobs scam Kuntal Ghosh has alleged that he was being pressured to name him, according to sources. Abhishek is believed to have stated that he he has no knowledge of the reasons behind Ghosh's statement. The TMC leader's name cropped up in a complaint filed by Kuntal Ghosh where he alleged that central investigating agencies were pressuring him to name Abhishek Banerjee in the school scam case.
