'Won't Tolerate Hooliganism': SC Allows ED to Question Abhishek Banerjee in WB

The ED is probing Banerjee and his wife in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 17 May, permitted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee in Kolkata in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.

In response to a plea filed by Banerjee, the Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court's order which dismissed Banerjee and his wife's challenge to the ED's summons in the case. A bailable warrant issued against the two was also stayed by the Supreme Court.

The top court allowed ED to summon Banerjee at its Kolkata office instead of in Delhi, and stated that it will not tolerate any hooliganism or obstruction when ED questions Banerjee in Kolkata.