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Mamata Banerjee reaches nephew s residence
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached nephew and TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee s residence on Tuesday, ahead of CBI s questioning with his wife Rujira. Abhishek s wife, Rujira, is expected to answer CBI s queries today in connection with the alleged coal pilferage scam.
Earlier on Sunday, a CBI officials team had visited the residence of Abhishek Banerjee, a nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to deliver the summons but Rujira was not present.
Responding on CBI s notice Rujira said that she is available to answer queries tomorrow (on Tuesday) between 11 am and 3 pm. Though I am unaware of the reason for me being called for questioning or the subject matter of the investigation, you may visit my residence as per your convenience between 11 am and 3 pm tomorrow, i.e. 23 February 2021, she said in her letter to CBI.
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TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with nephew Abhishek Banerjee
Hours after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) s notice, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee s wife Rujira responded to the summons in the alleged coal pilferage scam and asked the central agency to send its team to her residence in Kolkata for interrogation tomorrow (i.e, on Tuesday).
In her reply, Rujira said that she is available to answer queries tomorrow between 11 am and 3 pm. Though I am unaware of the reason for me being called for questioning or the subject matter of the investigation, you may visit my residence as per your convenience between 11 am and 3 pm tomorrow, i.e. 23 February 2021, she said in her letter to CBI.
Coal theft case: CBI issues notice to Abhishek Banerjee s wife, sister-in-law
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TMC alleges political vendetta A CBI team on Sunday went to the Kolkata residence of Abhishek Banerjee, TMC MP and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s nephew, serving a notice to his wife and sister-in-law to join the probe in the coal pilferage case, a development that has further raised the political temperature in poll-bound West Bengal.
The team handed over the notice issued by Investigation Officer Umesh Kumar, Additional Superintendent of Police in the CBI, in connection with the case of theft of coal from Eastern Coalfields Ltd in West Bengal in which Anup Manjhi is the alleged mastermind, sources said.
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