KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress Saturday binned a "in-house judicial enquiry report" released by Raj Bhavan and termed the exoneration of
Bengal governor
C V Ananda Bose from
molestation charges
levelled by an ex-Raj Bhavan staff as "garbage".
Raj Bhavan released the report on X, incidentally a day after SC agreed to hear a plea by the survivor, who questioned whether immunity under Article 361 exempted the governor from criminal proceedings.
TMC
said the report released by Raj Bhavan, when SC was seized of the issue, amounted to "blatant attempt to influence the judiciary sitting in a constitutional post".
The
Raj Bhavan report
dated May 11 and signed by a Puducherry ex-district judge, D Ramabathiran, questioned the survivor. It said the probe "leads to a singular conclusion that the complainant's conduct, timing and chosen strategies raise doubts and are seemingly not above board. The allegations and the manner of their execution are shredded in a shadow of doubt." It concluded that the survivor's complaint that the governor molested her first on April 24 and then again on May 2 are "ruled out as baseless allegations".
The enquiry claimed to have examined 69 media reports and "examined" eight persons - all Raj Bhavan staffers. The report also dragged in the Special Protection Group (SPG), saying it had taken control of Raj Bhavan for PM Modi's overnight stay there on May 2 and "it is highly improbable" that the governor would choose such a day "to engage in misconduct with the complainant".
TMC's Kunal Ghosh said: "In the name of enquiry report, Raj Bhavan has published garbage. The case is being heard in SC. In midst of this, the governor publishes a report saying I have conducted a probe against myself and given myself a clean chit."
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