The story is pieced together with the details of file movement between the Kolkata branch of the agency and its headquarters in Delhi, and from officials who were privy to the decisions taken in this regard.
A detailed questionnaire to the CBI remains unanswered.
What Happened to Kolkata CBI’s Detailed Questionnaire for Mamata in 2019?
The issue of questioning Mamata Banerjee — who won the state assembly elections for the third time in a row with a stupendous margin — in one of the cases related to the chit fund ‘scam’, was first debated in the Kolkata branch of the CBI which was dealing with the probe in the summer (June) of 2019.
“The investigating team was convinced that they had enough material on record that required questioning of the chief minister in the matter. Therefore, the Kolkata branch sought approval of the agency headquarters in Delhi, since the case was being monitored at the level of the CBI chief, to question Banerjee,” said an official briefed on the…