Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee summoned by ED in coal smuggling case
Premium- TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee was also questioned for eight long hours by the ED on 21 March
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned on 29 March by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a coal smuggling case.
Banerjee was also questioned for eight long hours by the ED on 21 March. The parliamentarian was questioned about two firms with alleged links to his family members and foreign bank accounts connected to his wife Rujira Banerjee.
Banerjee reportedly did not cooperate with the financial probe agency when he was questioned on 6 September last year. The TMC MP was reportedly asked about the unaccounted-for money which was received by the two companies allegedly associated with his family.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that All India Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and his family are the biggest thieves of coal in this country.
He further said that if the ED presents details of the whole coal scam, the people of the country will come to know the amount of money they have accumulated in foreign banks.
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