TMC leader, accused in cattle smuggling scam, returns to West Bengal after Delhi HC grants him bail

Incidentally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee volition besides beryllium successful Birbhum connected Tuesday to convene an administrative meeting. “I don’t cognize whether we volition meet, I person galore carnal problems,” said Mondal, sitting astatine his enactment office.

“I person respect for the Court and obey the law. I was with Mamata Banerjee and volition stay with her,” helium said.

After entering his location astatine 9 americium connected Tuesday, Mondal was astatine his enactment bureau for an hour.

On July 27, the Supreme Court granted him bail connected the information that helium would surrender his passport and cooperate with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). However, Mondal remained successful Tihar successful transportation with a parallel Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the alleged cattle smuggling scam.

His bail successful the ED lawsuit came implicit 2 years aft his apprehension successful August 2022. Sukanya, who was arrested successful April 2023 and named an accomplice successful the case, got bail from the Delhi High Court connected September 10.

Mondal is known arsenic a adjacent adjutant to CM Mamata Banerjee, who refers to him by his nickname, Kesto. Mondal, 64, is simply a schoolhouse dropout who ne'er held bureau oregon contested an election. Sukanya is simply a erstwhile superior schoolhouse teacher.

Banerjee had said Mondal was a “victim of conspiracy” pursuing his arrest. Unlike TMC person Partha Chatterjee, who mislaid the acquisition portfolio and was suspended from the enactment pursuing his apprehension successful an alleged schoolhouse recruitment scam successful July 2022, Mondal faced nary action. Banerjee has been overseeing TMC’s Birbhum territory portion since Mondal’s arrest.