ED summons Narada sting accused police officer

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Narada sting case accused Indian Police Service (IPS) officer S.M.H. Mirza, an official said on Monday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has already interrogated him in the same case.

"Mirza has been summoned this week in the Narada sting video case," an official from the investigation agency said.

Mirza, a former Superintendent of Police in West Bengal's Burdwan district, was purportedly seen receiving cash in the Narada sting operation footage.

The controversy erupted in the election-bound West Bengal in March last year after the portal uploaded the videos.

The Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI preliminary inquiry into the case on March 17, and asked the federal investigation agency to submit the report within 72 hours.

However, following an appeal by the Trinamool Congress to the Supreme Court, it extended the deadline for the preliminary probe to one month.

On April 17, the CBI filed an FIR against a dozen senior Trinamool leaders, including some former and current state ministers, MPs and an MLA, besides the IPS officer.

--IANS

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