Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari has filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking transfer of all criminal cases registered against him by the state police to the CBI. Adhikari also prayed for an order of quashing of FIRs registered against him by the state police.

The BJP MLA filed the writ petition on July 22 seeking transfer of the criminal cases against him to the CBI for an "impartial investigation". Alleging that he is being subjected to "political vendetta" since he is an opposition party leader and the cases were registered against him with "false claims", Adhikari also sought an order of the high court directing quashing of the FIRs against him.

The state police and its Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are probing a number of cases that relate to Adhikari. Amid the nationwide row over alleged snooping activities with Pegasus spyware, the BJP leader stoked a controversy when he said that he got access to call details of Purba Medinipur district SP Amarnath K, prompting the police on Tuesday to file suo motu cases against him.

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