ED raids: According to officials, the searches are being undertaken in the state capital Raipur, Korba, Durg and Ranchi in Jharkhand and Bengaluru in Karnataka.
Coal scam: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths, aided by a huge contingent of central paramilitary personnel, raided three houses of Ghatak in Asansol in Paschim Bardhaman district and two in Kolkata, they said.
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday approached the Calcutta High Court, alleging that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has denied him permission to go abroad for treatment.
Addressing a rally in Haldia in Purba Medinipur district, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee said he has avenged the "harassment" by central agencies by inducting two BJP MPs into the TMC.
According to the ED, Abhishek Banerjee was a beneficiary of funds obtained from illegal trade related to Eastern Coalfields Limited mines.
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi today in connection with the coal scam case.
Coal Scam Case: Abhishek Banerjee has said that he would get himself hanged if any central agency can bring to the fore his involvement in any illegal transaction.
Bengal coal scam prime accused Anup Majhi (Lala) will be interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the sixth time on Saturday (April 10) in the coal smuggling case.
In the middle of Bengal assembly elections, 3 audio tapes have surfaced in relation to the coal smuggling case and money was being received (up to Rs 35 crore) by Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee every month as part of cut money via a syndicate racket.
In a major development that could call trouble for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the middle of Bengal assembly elections, 3 audio tapes have surfaced in relation to the coal smuggling case and money was being received (up to Rs 35 crore) by Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee every month as part of cut money via a syndicate racket.
The agency sleuths also carried out searches at the remises of Amit Agarwal, a close aide of key accused Anup Majhi alias Lala.
CBI has already examined Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira for her alleged involvement in the coal scam. Banerjee in the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira had said that she was available from 11 AM and 3 PM on 23 February 2021 for the CBI to question her in the coal smuggling case.
She has also requested the CBI team to inform her about their schedule.
A Delhi court on Monday awarded three-year jail term to former Union Minister Dilip Ray in connection with a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999.
The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Centre time till February 10 to suggest names of lawyers for appointing a special public prosecutor to conduct trials for the Enforcement Directorate in money laundering cases related to the coal block scam.
Special judge Bharat Parashar ordered framing of charges under sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code against Jindal and the others.
The court will announce quantum of punishment on December 3. The convicts may get a maximum seven-year jail term.
Special Judge Bharat Parashar granted the relief on a personal bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of the like amount.
Special judge Bharat Parashar framed the charges against the accused after Jindal said he was pleading not guilty and claimed trial.
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