Coal smuggling case: CBI summons Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law’s husband and father-in-law for questioning on March 15
CBI had earlier questioned Abhishek's wife and his sister-in-law, Menaka in the same case.
New Delhi: CBI summoned Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka’s husband and father-in-law for questioning on March 15th, at its Kolkata office, in connection with coal scam.
BJP’s West Bengal IT cell chief Akshay Singh, has tweeted,”CBI asked TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sister-in-law’s Husband & Father-in-law to appear on 15th March for questioning in Coal smuggling case.”
CBI asked TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sister-in-law’s Husband & Father-in-law to appear on 15th March for questioning in Coal smuggling case.
— Akshay Singh (@iakshaysinghel) March 12, 2021
A few weeks back CBI visited the Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek’s house to question his wife Rujira. The questioning went on for 90 minutes.
CBI is investigating an alleged coal smuggling scam taking place from the mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL). The alleged kingpin of the racket is Anup Majhi alias Lala. The CBI has conducted several raids on his hideouts in the past few months, but Lala remains elusive. The central agency has also raided properties linked to him or his associates as part of the probe.
Another prime accused in the case is Trinamool youth leader Vinay Mishra. The BJP alleges that Mishra is close to Abhishek Banerjee and the two have together travelled abroad several times. The CBI has conducted multiple raids to nab Mishra as well, but he too remains elusive.
The CBI believes that cattle and coal smuggling in Bengal are interlinked. Enamul Haque, the kingpin of a cattle smuggling racket on the Indo-Bangladesh border, has already been caught.