Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee has been granted protection from coercive action by the Calcutta High Court in a case linked to alleged forgery of signatures of newly-elected TMC MLAs.
The court said that Banerjee cannot be forced to make a statement against himself and has directed him to appear before the CID for questioning.
The forged signatures controversy erupted weeks after the TMC suffered a crushing loss in the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Abhishek Banerjee's counsel argued that he was not part of any meeting where the resolution was taken and merely made submissions to the Speaker as General Secretary of the party.
The Calcutta High Court has granted Banerjee protection from coercive action for three weeks, directing him to appear before the CID at its headquarters Bhabani Bhaban by 6 pm today.
