TMC's Anubrata may undergo medical test on Monday before interrogation in Delhi

Arrested Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal is likely to undergo a medical examination on Monday before being taken to Delhi for interrogation into the multicrore cattle smuggling scam an official of the Enforcement Directorate ED saidThe TMC Birbhum unit president is likely to be taken to ESI Hospital at Joka on the southern outskirts of Kolkata for the medical test he saidWe have sent a letter to the authorities at the Durgapur Correctional Home where Mondal is lodged over the matter We have informed them that the state police should accompany him to the hospital for the medical test the ED official told PTIThe Calcutta High Court on Saturday directed that medical officers in a central governmentrun hospital in Kolkata will examine Mondal and issue a medical certificate on his health condition before he is handed over to the ED for transitIt also set aside Mondals petition challenging a production warrant issued by a special CBI court and cleared the way for the ED to take him to Delhi for questioningAlso Read UP Railway police seize 97 Indian flapshell turtles being trafficked to West BengalThe high court directed that a medical officer will accompany Mondal to Delhi where he will be again examined by doctors upon his arrivalIt was stated that the medical records be produced before the court in Delhi at the time of his production before itA senior official of the Durgapur Correctional Home said the high court order has been sent to the AsansolDurgapur Police Commissionerate asking the police to take Mondal to the Joka hospitalSources at the prison said Mondals visit was delayed after both the state police and the ED refused to take responsibility for his security during the journeyWe had written to the state police for security arrangements during Mondals journey to Delhi on a transit remand But they refused stating it was not their duty the ED official saidThe central agency would approach a special CBI court at Asansol seeking an order to the state police to take responsibility for Mondals security during his journey to the national capital he saidThe TMC leader was arrested by the ED in November last year He was taken into custody by the CBI in the cattle smuggling case in AugustHis lawyer moved a petition claiming that the order on the basis of which Mondal is sought to be shifted to Delhi cannot be issued by the special CBI court at AsansolThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever