CBI, ED raid in West Bengal coal scam

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Updated At : 12:57 PM Feb 27, 2021 IST

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New Delhi, February 26

The CBI and ED today conducted joint raids at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with the multi-crore coal pilferage scam, sources said.

Sources in the CBI said its personnel raided the official and residential premises of businessman Randhir Kumar Barnwal in Kolkata, as the ED officials said the agency has searched at Durgapur and Asansol and also in the capital city of West Bengal.

Both agencies are concurrently probing the scam. While the CBI is looking into the criminal aspect of the scam, ED is probing under the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA).

The CBI has already examined Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira for her alleged involvement in the coal scam. Banerjee is the nephew of CM Mamata Banerjee. — TNS

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