New Delhi: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.
Officials said Abhishek Banerjee's statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and he is expected to be confronted with some "evidences" gathered by investigators in the case, PTI reported.
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Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was once questioned in this case in September last year. His wife Rujira also left with him for Delhi and is expected to be examined by the agency in the same case on Tuesday.
The ED summons against the two came after the Delhi High Court on March 11 dismissed a plea by the couple challenging the agency notices asking them to appear in the national capital instead of Kolkata.
The agency lodged the case under the provisions of the PMLA based on a November 2020 FIR registered by the CBI that alleged a multi-crore coal pilferage scam related to Eastern Coalfields Limited mines in the state's Kunustoria and Kajora areas in and around Asansol.
Local coal operator Anup Majhi alias Lala is alleged to be the prime suspect in the case.
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