Anubrata Mondal, the TMC leader fails to appear before CBI again

Anubrata Mondal, the leader of the Trinamool Congress, skipped his scheduled appearance at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office on Monday in favour of visiting the SSKM hospital in Kolkata for a checkup.

Mondal, the TMC’s president of the Birbhum district, was summoned by the federal agency on August 5 to appear for questioning in relation to the cattle smuggling scheme on Monday.

“I have let the CBI know I wasn’t going. When asked if he intended to visit the CBI office throughout the day, he responded to reporters, “You will find out when I go. He has ignored the organization’s summons nine times in total.