Mathew Samuel detention attempt to hush up sting: Opposition

"The police administration is so worthless that despite the court’s order, they detained Mathew Samuel." BJP national secretary said.

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File Photo: Narada News CEO Mathew Samuel (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul/file)

Opposition parties have called the brief detention of Narada News CEO Mathew Samuel on Saturday a “desperate attempt” to hush up the Narada sting operation, which purportedly showed several Trinamool Congress leaders accepting bribes, and save the culprits.

Trinamool Congress declined to comment on the matter. “The police administration is so worthless that despite the court’s order, they detained Mathew Samuel. They are trying to send out a message that if you try to mess with TMC and bring out their corruption, they will teach them a lesson,” BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said.

“The desperate attempt to detain Mathew Samuel … is a manifestation to hush up the Narada graft and save the real accused,” said CPM’s Surjya Kanta Mishra.

Echoing the same views, Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan said the detention only shows the “vindictive attitude” of the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal to hush up the matter at any cost.

Samuel was released on Saturday night after being briefly detained by immigration authorities at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on his arrival from the US following a lookout notice issued against him by the Kolkata police.

A division bench of Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A Banerjee on Friday had ordered an interim stay into the Narada sting operation probe launched by the Kolkata Police till the next date of hearing on August 19. The lookout notice had been issued before the HC order.

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