Mamata visits Abhishek's house ahead of CBI questioning his wife

The CBI team visited Abhishek Banerjee's residence to question his wife in the coal scam case.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited her nephew and Trinamool Congress Leader Abhishek Banerjee's house ahead of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team's visit to the house to question his wife, Rujira Banerjee in connection with the coal theft case. Ms Banerjee visited the house for approximately 10 minutes after which the CBI officials arrived at the residence to question Rujira.

Abhishek Banerjee alleged that he was being targeted by the BJP ahead of the assembly elections. He shared the notice on his Twitter handle that the CBI had left for his wife at their home on Sunday. Rujira wrote to the CBI that she did not know about the reason for questioning but she was ready to cooperate with the interrogation. 

The case pertains to illegal mining and theft of coal from leasehold mines of Eastern Coalfield Limited in Kunustoria and Kajora areas, and involves embezzlement of thousands of crores of rupees, reported Scroll. Allegedly, the smuggled coal was sold in the black market over a number of years by a racket operating in the western parts of the state.