CID officers from the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's residence-cum-party headquarters in Kalighat, Kolkata, as part of its probe into allegations of forged signatures on a document submitted to the assembly speaker.
A team of the agency reached 30B Harish Chatterjee Street around noon, accompanied by personnel from the Kalighat police station and a large contingent of women police officers.
Party leaders did not allow the team to enter, saying any search could take place only in the presence of Mamata's nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, who is the TMC national general secretary.
However, the CID team returned later in the day with more police personnel and entered the former West Bengal CM's residence after officers from the Kalighat police station intervened.
The CID then began its verification exercise inside the premises, while another team visited Abhishek Banerjee's office on Camac Street as part of the investigation.
Mamata Banerjee met Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday, reportedly exchanging views on opposition unity and the changing political scene in Bengal.
