Calcutta High Court on Thursday issued an interim order directing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to submit a detailed report by September 21 on the assets of Leaps and Bounds Private Limited and its directors and the chief executive officer (CEO).

Following the order, the ED purportedly sent out notices seeking the details of the assets to Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee — who had said in public on Wednesday that he remained the CEO of the company — and others. His parents (chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s brother and sister-in-law) are among the directors of the company.

“Since these persons are accused under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the investigation should know about the assets of the accused,” Justice Amrita Sinha said while passing the order on Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after Abhishek’s nine-hour appearance before the ED ended on Wednesday evening.

ED counsel Dhiraj Trivedi claimed before the court that during his interrogation on Wednesday, Abhishek had admitted that he was the CEO of the company. Abhishek later did so at a media interaction outside the ED office.

“Yes, I am still in that post (of CEO),” he had said in response to a question on Wednesday night after the questioning.

“All Leaps and Bounds-related questions that were asked to me (on Wednesday) were asked to me two years ago…. You (the ED) prove that even 10 paise from proceeds of crime made its way into Leaps and Bounds… I challenge you,” he had added.

“Instead of shooting in the dark over the same payments or transactions, asking the same questions with regard to alleged scams in cattle rustling, coal pilferage, recruitment in schools…. The only way to have these questions decisively answered is to start the trial,” said Abhishek.

On Thursday, in the same order, the judge asked the agency to file a report by September 21 — the date fixed for the next hearing — stating the names of the Tollywood film industry personalities attached to Leaps and Bounds Private Limited, as claimed by the ED.

Following an earlier order of the court, the ED and the CBI had filed their action-taken reports on the probes into alleged corruption in school recruitment and especially, the involvement of the private company.

After going through the reports, the judge asked the ED to inform the court about the total assets of the film personalities allegedly attached to the company.

“In your reports, you have claimed that you have been conducting the probe on the basis of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Did you make any inquiry about the assets of the accused?” asked Justice Sinha, to which the ED counsel could not give a specific reply.

The judge also asked the investigating agencies to find out when the company had started functioning and what their activities were.

The agencies started the probes against Leaps and Bounds Private Limited in connection with the alleged recruitment scam.