Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee Gets Fresh Summons In Money Laundering Probe

Abhishek Banerjee, 33, had originally been summoned to appear in Delhi on Friday but he begged off, saying that he could not travel at such short notice

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee has received a fresh summons from the Enforcement Directorate to appear for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal mine scam in Bengal. He has been asked to appear on September 21. Mr Banerjee, 33, had originally been summoned to appear in Delhi on Friday but he begged off, saying that he could not travel at such short notice. He has already been questioned this month; on September 6 he was questioned for over eight hours in Delhi's Jam Nagar House. Ahead of that round of questioning Mr Banerjee told reporters "I am ready to face investigation...will co-operate". However, he also pointed out "for a Kolkata-based case they have summoned me to Delhi." "I reiterate what I said in November... if any central agency can prove my involvement in any illegal transaction... I will walk up the podium and get myself hanged publicly," he declared dramatically.