Multi-crore coal pilferage scam: CBI, ED conduct joint raids at different places in West Bengal
CBI has already examined Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee s wife Rujira for her alleged involvement in the coal scam.
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KOLKATA: Investigation agencies CBI and Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted joint raids at various places in West Bengal in connection with the multi-crore coal pilferage scam, sources in them said.
CBI sources said its sleuths raided the official and residential premises of businessman Randhir Kumar Barnwal in Kolkata.
ED sources said the agency has started searches at Durgapur and Asansol and also in the city.
Examination of Mamata Banerjee s nephew Abhishek Banerjee s wife in coal theft case has been labelled by TMC as BJP s political vendetta ahead of West Bengal assembly elections.
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) s probe into an alleged coal pilferage case has come knocking on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee s doors with the agency now examining her family members in the case.
The CBI questioned Rujira Banerjee, niece-in-law of Mamata Banerjee at her South Kolkata home for an hour on Tuesday.
Rujira s husband Abhishek Banerjee is Mamata s nephew and a Trinamool Congress MP, making her the most high-profile person who has been examined in the case till now.
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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.
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: The CBI has served a notice to wife of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, Rujira Naroola in a multi-crore coal scam. What is this scam and how is Rujira involved? We explain.
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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.