India, Aug. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) whether some amount can be released from the frozen bank accounts of the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the TMC in favour of a court-appointed special officer to meet the day-to-day expenses of the party.

Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, who was appearing for the ED, told a bench of Justices M M Sundresh and P B Varale that he would seek instructions on this.

The ED froze the three bank accounts, with balances totalling Rs 440.42 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe arising out of an FIR lodged by the West Bengal Police over alleged dishonest financial transactions, unlawful collection of money and routing of suspected funds through...