New Delhi: Immigration authorities on Saturday detained Narada News chief executive officer Mathew Samuel at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on his arrival from the US following a lookout notice issued against him by the Kolkata police. Chattopadhyay was purportedly seen accepting money in the sting operation video released by Narada News. The controversial Narada sting operation, which surfaced just ahead of the assembly elections, purportedly showed several Trinamool Congress leaders and an IPS officer accepting money for consideration. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, while ordering a probe on 17 June, had asserted that her party had not taken “a single penny” from anyone in the Saradha chit fund scam and the Narada sting operation. The Kolkata police had registered a case against Samuel on a complaint by city mayor and fire and emergency services minister Sovan Chattopadhyay’s wife.

Source: Mint August 06, 2016 17:15 UTC