Narada sting case: ED summons Mukul Roy, three Trinamool Congress leaders

Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate on Saturday issued summons to Mukul Roy and three Trinamool Congress leaders in connection with Narada sting case.

The ED has asked them to join the investigation by the end of October.

The controversy erupted in election-bound West Bengal in March 2016 when Narada News portal uploaded a video clip purportedly showing the Trinamool leaders receiving money for extending favours to a fictitious company.

The Narada tapes scam purportedly showed the Narada News CEO Matthew Samuels posing as a businessman and allegedly offering money to several TMC leaders.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) agency lodged an FIR on April 17 against 13 persons, including several state ministers and Members of Parliament from the ruling Trinamool Congress, a month after the Calcutta High Court ordered a preliminary inquiry into the Narada sting footage case.