The assets of some of the eight Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and five Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers from West Bengal, who have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to New Delhi for questioning in the coal smuggling case, are under the scanner of the central agency. West Bengal Coal Smuggling Case: Assets of Some IAS, IPS Officers Under ED Scanner.
A day after Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned eight IPS officers over their alleged connection in the coal smuggling scam, the agency sources on Friday said that some of the officers’ assets are also under its scanner.
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Abhishek s wife Rujira Banerjee responds to the summons of the ED (Enforcement Directorate). With her son in her arms, Rujira Banerjee appeared at the CGO complex in Kolkata. She entered the ED office around 11am on Thursday. She has been summoned for questioning in the coal smuggling case. The Supreme Court had ordered that Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife should be interrogated in Kolkata and not in Delhi. Following the order, the ED had sent the letter on Wednesday itself. ED had also sent a letter to the Kolkata Police regarding security. Therefore, security was tight at the CGO complex premises since this morning. No central government employee was allowed to enter other offices in the CGO complex without identity cards. According to sources, special investigation officers from Delhi arrived in Kolkata this morning to interrogate Rujira.Â