Narada Sting Operation: Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe

The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary probe into the Narada sting operation.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice T Chakraborty asked the CBI to complete its preliminary inquiry in 72 hours.

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The Narada sting operation unfolded in March 2016, after a website, Naradanews.com, broke the story, just days before the West Bengal Assembly elections (which began on 4 April).

In a 23-minute clip – broadcast widely on both local and national news channels – at least a dozen top leaders of Mamata Banerjee’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) were caught openly accepting cash from reporters who conducted the sting.