Court Refuses To Stay Probe Into 'Diversion' Of Rs 133.84 Crore By Trinamool

The Calcutta High Court has refused to stay an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the Trinamool Congress's party funds.On June 23, the ED registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) based on an FIR lodged by the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police, alleging money laundering through the party's funds. The ED told the court that the Trinamool Congress has 36 bank accounts, of which six have been frozen as part of the investigation."Enforcement Directorate has frozen only six accounts, but there are several other accounts in the name of the petitioner No 1 (TMC) which have not been frozen. He further submits that it is not the case of the petitioners that these are the only three accounts of the petitioners and there are no other accounts. Mr ASGI submits that there are other 36 accounts in which an amount of Rs.