ABHISHEK BANERJEE--LEGAL CHARGES
ABHISHEK BANERJEE
LEGAL CHARGES
SARASIJ
MAJUMDER
Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and Former National General Secretary, TMC is currently facing multiple active investigations, corruption allegations, and legal charges. While he has denied all allegations, accusing central agencies of political vendetta, several premier law enforcement agencies are actively pursuing cases against him.
The primary cases and charges are structured as follows:
1. West Bengal School Recruitment Scam
- Investigating
Agencies: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement
Directorate (ED).
- The
Allegations: This case involves multi-crore corruption and illegal
appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal government
schools. Central agencies are probing a money-laundering trail associated
with the generated proceeds of the crime.
- Specific Charges & Actions: The CBI has accused Banerjee of demanding ₹15 crore to facilitate these illegal recruitments. The ED regularly issues summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), including an active directive requiring his appearance for questioning.
2. Illegal Coal Smuggling & Mining Scam
- Investigating
Agencies: CBI and ED.
- The
Allegations: Initiated via a November 2020 CBI FIR, this multi-crore
scandal involves the large-scale theft and illegal excavation of coal from
Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) mines in Asansol.
- Specific Charges & Actions: The ED is investigating money laundering amounting to approximately ₹1,300–₹1,352 crore. Agencies allege that money-laundering channels routed Hawala funds to overseas locations and domestic corporate entities linked to Banerjee and his family, positioning him as a primary beneficiary. Multiple legal appeals filed by Banerjee challenging these Delhi-based summonses have been dismissed by the Supreme Court of India.
3. "Leaps and Bounds" Corporate
Investigation
- Investigating
Agency: ED.
- The
Allegations: Linked heavily to the broader recruitment and coal scandals,
this investigation focuses on corporate asset inflation.
- Specific Charges & Actions: Banerjee is accused of using family-linked corporate firms, including Leaps and Bounds Pvt Ltd, to launder illegal scam money into massive tangible property and real estate assets.
4. West Bengal Assembly Signature Forgery Case
- Investigating
Agency: West Bengal State Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
- The
Allegations: A more localized criminal investigation into a suspected
assembly signature forgery racket.
- Specific Charges & Actions: The CID has issued direct legal notices and summonses to Banerjee's Kalighat residence to interrogate him regarding the forged signatures. Banerjee has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking interim legal protection from any coercive action or arrest by the state CID.
5. Election Campaign Provocative Speeches (FIR)
- Investigating
Agency: Local Police.
- The
Allegations: A First Information Report (FIR) was formally lodged by
social workers during public assembly election campaigns.
- Specific Charges & Actions: Banerjee is charged with delivering highly provocative public speeches aimed at inciting communal or political enmity and disrupting public order. The complaint specifically highlights targeted threats issued against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and local administrative mechanisms. VDO CLIPD AVAILABLE.
6. General Penal Charges (My Neta Disclosures)
According to statutory election affidavits filed
under MyNeta tracking data,
Banerjee has additional historic and running individual charges logged under
the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including:
- Section
186: Obstructing a public servant from discharging public functions.
- Section
499: Criminal defamation.
- Section 34: Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.
7. ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS:
The number reported, varies. include assets for ‘LEAPS & BOUNDS’.
He has received notices for illegal construction
from Kolkata Corporation.
This is the first step. This may involve other
investigating agencies at a later stage.
The properties are categorized into primary
residential locations, corporate holdings seized by federal authorities, and
assets currently being scrutinized for municipal violations:
A. Primary Residences Under Investigation
- "Shantiniketan"
(188A Harish Mukherjee Road, Kolkata): This is Abhishek Banerjee's primary
personal residence. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) issued active
notices under Section 400(1) of the KMC Act for alleged unauthorized
construction and major deviations from the sanctioned building plan.
- Kalighat
Road Property (121 Kalighat Road, Kolkata): An adjacent residential
building linked directly to Abhishek Banerjee's mother, Lata Banerjee. It
is under the same civic scanner for structural plan violations.
B. Corporate Assets Attached by the ED
In connection with the West Bengal school
recruitment scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed the Calcutta High
Court that it has provisionally seized and attached eight properties valued at
₹7.5 crore belonging to Banerjee's family firm:
- New
Alipore Corporate Office, Kolkata: The primary commercial headquarters of Leaps
and Bounds Pvt Ltd, which was raided by federal sleuths to seize
digital money laundering trails.
- Bishnupur
Housing Project, South 24 Parganas: A massive real estate township
development where Leaps and Bounds Pvt Ltd allegedly holds a
substantial corporate stake financed through the proceeds of crime.
C. Properties Listed Under the KMC Civic Probe
Following public disclosures and lists released by erstwhile
political opposition leaders like Suvendu Adhikari, now CM,
the KMC pruned an initial database of 42 suspected holdings down to 17 specific
addresses. These buildings face scrutiny for allegedly failing to clear local
property taxes and building code deviations:
- 14
Corporate Buildings: Formally registered under the ownership of Leaps
and Bounds Pvt Ltd.
- 4
Personal Properties: Registered directly under Abhishek Banerjee's name
across upscale neighbourhoods in Kolkata.
- 6
Family Properties: Registered explicitly under the name of his father,
Amit Banerjee.
(Note: Abhishek Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have vehemently denied these property listings, terming them a fabricated political vendetta based on unverified database name-searches.)
WHAT EMERGES:
The arrested accused from Sonarpur are all TMC
workers, and VDO clip show them manhandling Abhishek, and throwing eggs.
He can land up in ‘VANUATU’ where his friend and co-accused in some cases listed above, Binay Mishra escaped from India, and living in an island of his own.
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