The CBI has summoned Bengal industry minister Partha Chatterjee for questioning on September 13 in connection with its ongoing probe into the ICore chit fund case.

Chatterjee was allegedly seen at a few public functions organised by ICore, which was accused of duping depositors by offering them abnormally high returns on their investments.

The CBI had earlier summoned Chatterjee but the minister had cited the Assembly polls as the reason for not responding. Chatterjee is currently one of the “observers” of the Trinamul Congress for the ensuring bypoll in Bhowanipore where chief minister Mamata Banerjee is the candidate.

CBI officers said Chatterjee was found to be heaping praise on Anukul Maity, the managing director of ICore, at one of the functions. The CBI had arrested Maity and he later died while in jail custody in Odhisha in November.

“We would want to know a few things from Chatterjee, including how long he had known Maity and whether there had been any financial transaction between the two,” said an officer.

Violence probe

The CBI has decided to seek the help of constables familiar with Bengali to help its teams which are probing into allegations of rape and murder in the aftermath of the publication of Assembly poll results.

Sources have said each of the four teams will have at least six constables who are well versed with Bengal to help understand what the victims have to say during their field visits across the districts of Bengal. The constables have been selected from outside Bengal.

The CBI has filed over 25 FIRs in course of its probe into alleged incidences of murder and rapes.