{
  "id": 6773317,
  "title": "TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's PA Sumit Roy Gets 8-Day CID Custody In Salboni Land Scam Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/tmc-mp-abhishek-banerjees-pa-sumit-roy-gets-8-day-cid-custody-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T15:41:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/tmc-mp-abhishek-banerjees-pa-sumit-roy-gets-8-day-cid-custody-in-salboni-land-scam-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sumit Roy, the private secretary to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, was granted eight days of custody by the court in connection with a land scam case in Salboni. According to court sources, Roy's lawyer did not seek bail but instead requested permission for Roy to use a specific instrument for sleeping, as he suffers from sleep apnoea. Roy was arrested from Banerjee's residence by a joint team of CID and Bengal STF. The court stated that Roy was not cooperating with the investigation, necessitating his custody for a thorough probe into the Salboni land scam. Following his arrest, Roy underwent a medical check-up at SSKM hospital before being produced at the Midnapore court. Police personnel were heavily deployed around the court premises for Roy's production. Assistant public prosecutor Syed Nazim Habib mentioned that Roy will be brought to court again on September 19.",
  "summary": "Kolkata: Sumit Roy, PA of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee, gets eight days CID custody. Court grants CID custody According to the court sources, the lawyer of Roy didn’t pray for bail but requested that Roy should get permission to use a particular instrument for sleeping as he suffers from sleep apnoea. Kolkata, West Bengal: Bengal CID arrested Sumit Roy, PA to TMC MP Abhishek…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}