CBI at Abhishek's residence to examine his wife in coal pilferage case

    Kolkata, Feb 23 (PTI) A CBI team visited the residence
of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday to
examine his wife Rujira in the coal pilferage case, officials
said.
    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the residence
of her nephew Abhishek in south Kolkata's Harish Mukherjee
Road minutes before the CBI team landed there.
    The CBI's visit to Abhishek's residence comes after
Rujira told the central agency that she will be available for
examination between 11 am and 3 pm on February 23, replying to
a notice that the sleuths had hand-delivered her on Sunday.
    The agency sought the examination of Rujira Banerjee
to ascertain the details of her bank transactions, suspecting
a connection to the proceeds of the illegal coal excavation
money, sources said.
    On Monday, the CBI examined Rujira's sister Menaka
Gambhir in connection with the same case.
    Two woman officers of the CBI visited Gambhir's
residence off EM Bypass and had examined her for nearly three
hours.
    The developments come months ahead of the assembly
elections in the state with Trinamool Congress alleging it to
be a political vendetta.
    The CBI on November 28 last year carried out a massive
search operation in a number of locations across four states
-- West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh -- after
registering a case against one Anup Majhi alias Lala.
    It is alleged that Lala, the alleged kingpin of the
scam, is involved in illegal mining and theft of coal from
leasehold mines of ECL in Kunustoria and Kajora areas, sources
said. PTI dc
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