India, May 30 -- TMC's Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by the CID on June 1 for questioning in connection with the probe into allegations that signatures of some party MLAs were forged in the letter nominating Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the assembly's leader of the opposition.

Abhishek is the general secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and party supremo Mamata Banerjee's nephew. The CID summon is a fresh trouble for him as he is already under scanner over alleged illegal construction case.

The police on May 26 visited Abhishek's residence in connection with the case, following which the party leaders termed it a 'political vendetta' and accused the BJP government of targeting TMC leaders across West Bengal, news agency ANI rep...