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KOLKATA: The CBI on Monday questioned senior IPS officer Tathagata Basu in connection with the illegal coal trading case the agency is investigating. Basu, who was the SP Hooghly earlier, was asked if he was privy to such rackets operating in the state.
Basu, now a deputy commissioner at Chandannagar Police Commissionerate, arrived at the Nizam Palace office of the agency at 10.30 am. He was questioned till 5 pm as officers tried to put together the missing pieces.
CBI officials had earlier alleged that Anup Maji alias Lala had been running the coal mining racket through the Asansol-Durgapur-Hooghly area.
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Coal scam: Senior cop quizzed by CBI
By PTI| Posted by Neha | Published: 18th January 2021 7:45 pm IST
Kolkata: The anti-corruption branch of the CBI on Monday quizzed senior police officer Tathagata Basu in connection with the coal scam that runs into several thousands of crores, sources in the agency said.
Basu, the deputy commissioner of Chandannagore Police Commissionerate, arrived at the agency’s Nizam Palace office in the morning to face questioning.
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources, he is one of the two IPS officers who have been summoned in the case.
The multicrore scam, arising out of illegal quarrying from abandoned mines of Eastern Coalfields, allegedly involves names of several big shots.