Kolkata, Apr 4 (Agency) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the money trails in the coal smuggling case has arrested Bankura police station IC Ashoke Mishra, accused of his involvement in the crime, said to be a relative of absconding TMC leader Vinay Mishra. The central investigation agency has some evidence that the police officer had helped the prime accused in facilitating transportation of smuggling coal and cattle heads from Bengal to elsewhere.
The money could be in thousands of crores and many get shares from the funds of coal scams. Chunks of funds had been transacted through the hawala route for which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) also began its probe on the money trails. The CBI after failing to get the accused for interrogation, issued a look out notice and raided several locations of Majhi’s office premises, residences and other properties in Asansol, Ranigunj and Kolkata. The Supreme Court recently in an order said that Anup Majhi alias Lala could not be arrested until April 6 following an appeal. The CBI probing the scam also interrogated TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir and her husband and father-in-law in connection with the coal scam.