Shift Partha Chatterjee to AIIMS in Bhubaneswar, orders court in setback to Mamata Banerjee’s minister

The Calcutta High Court directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to shift West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee to AIIMS Bhubaneswar early on Monday, saying the ruling party’s political leaders had successfully evaded ED interrogation by taking refuge earlier. SSKM Hospital.

The courtroom was listening to the Enforcement Directorate’s plea towards the switch of the arrested West Bengal minister to state-run SSKM Hospital.

The court docket said that the accused would be taken to the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata by using an ambulance from the SSKM Hospital and would be accompanied through his suggest and an SSKM doctor.

The court docket has asked the AIIMS Bhubaneswar authorities to medically have a look at the accused by a team of expert docs in cardiology, nephrology, respiratory medicine, and endocrinology.

The courtroom also directed the AIIMS authorities to post the reports to the investigating officer in the case, SSKM scientific officer, and the suggest representing the accused by three pm on Monday.

The investigating officer will ahead a soft copy of the document to his counterpart in Kolkata who, in turn, will produce it before the discovered Special Judge under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act, 2002, the courtroom said.

The distinct choose underneath the PML Act will hear the case at four pm on Monday, the court said. The courtroom also requested the investigating officer to prepare for a digital listening to in the case.