CBI summons wife of Abhishek Banerjee, in coal pilferage case: Officials

by · Oneindia

Kolkata, Feb 21: Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Narula has been asked to join investigations by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case involving allegations of coal smuggling.

The allegations are that coal mafia paid regular kickbacks to leaders of Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress.

On Friday, the CBI had conducted searches at 13 locations in four districts of poll-bound West Bengal in connection with the coal pilferage scam, officials said. They said the searches are going on in Purulia, Bankura, Pashchim Bardhaman and Kolkata.

The searches included premises of Amiya Steel Pvt Ltd in Kolkata and Bankura and that of Joydeb Mandal, the alleged deputy of the suspected kingpin of the racket Anup Manjhi.

The CBI had registered an FIR in November last year against Manjhi alias Lala, Eastern Coalfield Ltd General Managers Amit Kumar Dhar (of then Kunustoria area now Pandaveswar area) and Jayesh Chandra Rai (Kajor area) besides ECL Chief of Security Tanmay Das, Area Security Inspector, Kunustoria Dhananjay Rai and SSI and security in-charge Kajor area Debashish Mukherjee.