Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the residence of her nephew Abhishek in south Kolkata s Harish Mukherjee Road minutes before the CBI team landed there.
India News: NEW DELHI: In a move that will further raise political temperatures in poll-bound West Bengal, the CBI on Sunday served notices to the wife and sister.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday summoned the wife and sister-in-law of TMC leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s nephew Abhishek Banerjee asking them to join the probe in the coal pilferage case. A team of the CBI served notice at Banerjee s Kolkata residence on Sunday.Â
According to informed sources, the probe agency wanted to interrogate Banerjee s wife today itself, however, she didn t join the probe. Later on Sunday, the CBI issued summons to Banerjee s sister-in-law Menaka Gambhir. She has been asked to appear before the investigating agency on Monday.Â
The CBI is probing a multi-crore coal scam in Bengal wherein the agency is investigating two kingpins Anup Majhi alias Lala, and Binay Mishra. Both are absconding and have been named by the agency as proclaimed offenders. The investigating agency has issued a look-out notice against both of them.Â