Kolkata: On Friday, the Kolkata Police turned down Narada
News CEO Mathew Samuel’s request to withdraw its summon in connection with the
probe into the Narada sting operation owing to the matter being sub-judice and
issued a fresh summon asking him to appear within seven days.
In a letter emailed to the Narada News CEO today by the
Assistant Commissioner of the Detective Department of Kolkata Police, it was
stated that Samuel’s request “does not fit in the scheme of the investigations
as envisaged in Chapter XII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.”
“You are requested to take note of the fact that notice dated
23.06.2016 was issued in terms of the mandate of chapter XII of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 for the purpose of investigation as defined in section
2(h) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by this investigating authority,”
the letter read.
In the letter, Samuel was asked to appear before the Kolkata
Police “within seven days of the receipt of this notice” for the purpose of
investigation into the case.
“Accordingly, you are once more requested to make yourself
available before the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Economic Offence Wing,
Detective Department at Lalbazar for the purpose of investigation of the said
case within seven days of the receipt of this notice,” it read.
Kolkata Police had issued a summon to Samuel on June 23 in
connection with its probe into the sting operation conducted by the channel. Four
days later, Sameul had requested Kolkata Police to withdraw its summon saying the
matter was sub-judice.
An investigation into the Narada sting operation is presently
on by the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, while a case is pending on the issue in
the Calcutta High Court.
Samuel has been booked under IPC sections 469 (forgery for
purpose of harming reputation), 500 (defamation), 505 (statements conducing to
public mischief), 171(G) (false statement in connection with an election) and
120(B) (criminal conspiracy).
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