Cash-For-Query Case: CBI Raids Mahua Moitra’s Home, Multiple Locations Linked With Former TMC MP

The raids come after CBI filed an FIR against the former TMC MP on Thursday in response to directives from the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal.

Edited By: Analiza Pathak

Updated: March 23, 2024, 1:04 PM IST

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Cash-For-Query Case: CBI Raids Mahua Moitra's Home, Multiple Locations Associated With Her

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at multiple locations linked to former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra in connection with the in cash-for-query case against her. The raids come after CBI filed an FIR against the former TMC MP on Thursday in response to directives from the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal.

The CBI sleuths reached a residential flat belonging to businessman DL Moitra, at a housing complex christened ‘Ratnabali’ at New Alipore area in South Kolkata. The CBI team was escorted by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel. However, the central agency officers were totally tight-lipped about the reason behind the raids. It is learnt that Mahua Moitra does not stay at the flat and on Saturday morning her father was also not present when the central team reached there.

The CBI had registered an FIR against the former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP, as per the directives of the Lokpal. The Lokpal has mandated the agency to submit a report within six months. The former MP, Moitra, faced expulsion from the Lok Sabha in December due to alleged “unethical conduct”.

Despite this setback, Moitra has challenged her expulsion in the Supreme Court and is gearing up for the upcoming general elections as a TMC candidate from the Krishnanagar seat in West Bengal.

The Lokpal’s intervention came after a preliminary inquiry into allegations made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey. Dubey accused Moitra of soliciting cash and gifts from a Dubai-based businessman, Darshan Hiranandani, in exchange for asking questions in the House. These questions were allegedly aimed at targeting industrialist Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

For the last few days there has been a flurry of raids by the ED and CBI in different pockets of West Bengal. On Friday, the ED raided the residence of West Bengal Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles Department, Chandranath Sinha, in Birbhum District.