Abhishek Banerjee’s spouse summoned by CBI in coal pilferage case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday reached the residence of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee, who can also be the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and served a discover to his spouse asking her to hitch probe within the coal pilferage case, information company PTI reported.
In November 2020, the central probe company had filed a case to probe the alleged unlawful mining and theft of coal from Kunustoria and Kajoria coal fields of Eastern Coalfield Limited. Ever since, the BJP leaders has been alleging involvement of a number of TMC leaders, together with Abhishek, who, they claimed, had been instrumental in siphoning the cash earned from the gross sales of the smuggled coal into the ruling social gathering funds.
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections within the state, Mamata has been dealing with repeated assaults from the BJP leaders who’ve been accusing her of dynasty politics and preferential therapy in direction of her ‘bhaipo’ (nephew) Abhishek. Many of them have claimed that Abhishek will finally be made the CM (candidate) of West Bengal.

Hitting out on the saffron camp throughout a rally final week, Mamata had dared Union Minister Amit Shah to first contest towards her nephew earlier than pondering of preventing her.

Addressing a celebration marketing campaign in Pailan within the South 24 Parganas district, TMC chief Banerjee mentioned (her nephew) Abhishek might have taken the “easy route of being an MP by choosing to be a Rajya Sabha member but he fought the Lok Sabha election and got the people’s mandate”. “Day and night, they are talking about Didi-Bhatija. I challenge Amit Shah, contest against Abhishek Banerjee first and then me,” she mentioned.