Sultan Ahmed was under stress due to CBI interrogation, says Mamata

TMC MP Sultan Ahmed died of cardiac arrest on Monday morning.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sultan Ahmed, who died of cardiac arrest in the morning, was under stress after he was interrogated by the CBI in connection with the Narada case.

Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP and party senior leader Sultan Ahmed arriving to appear before CBI in connection with Narada sting operation case, in Kolkata on March 7, 2017. (PTI File Photo)

“I have heard that the CBI has sent him (Ahmed) a letter today also,” she told reporters here.

“The Narada case is about an amount of just Rs 1 lakh or Rs 1.5 lakh. He was under tension.... He was not that old. This is a very sad news. We are all very sad,” the TMC chief said.

Ahmed (64), the MP from Uluberia in Howrah district of West Bengal, was rushed to a private hospital this morning, where he was declared brought dead.

He had been interrogated by both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the sting operation.