A team of investigating officers from CBI reached TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee s residence to serve notice to his wife to join the probe.Earlier, CBI searches were underway this month at 13 locations in four districts of poll-bound West Bengal in connection with the coal theft scam
New Delhi/Kolkata, February 21
A team from the Central Bureau of Investigation went to the Kolkata residence of Abhishek Banerjee, TMC MP and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, on Sunday
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Coal smuggling case: CBI raids premises of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee
A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrived at the residence of senior TMC leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday. According to the details, the CBI team gave summons to Banerjee in connection with the coal smuggling case. On Friday, the CBI had conducted searches at 13 locations in four districts of poll-bound West Bengal in connection with the coal pilferage scam, officials said.
They said the searches are going on in Purulia, Bankura, Pashchim Bardhaman and Kolkata.
The searches included premises of Amiya Steel Pvt Ltd in Kolkata and Bankura and that of Joydeb Mandal, the alleged deputy of the suspected kingpin of the racket Anup Manjhi.
A CBI team on Sunday visited TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence on Sunday morning and summoned Abhishek’s wife Rujira Narula and his sister-in-law over an alleged connection in the coal scam.