Trinamool Congress MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case related to the alleged coal theft scam in the state.
“I was called for investigation by ED on September 6 and I have already said that I am ready for any investigation. The authorities are investigating and from day one I have informed that the authorities should investigate the allegations, The agencies are working. And as citizens of this country we should cooperate and let them work.” ANI.
The 33-year-old MP reached the central agency’s office at Jam Nagar in central Delhi just before 11 am.
Abhishek Banerjee represents the Diamond Harbor seat in the Lok Sabha and is the National General Secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
The ED has registered a criminal case under PMLA after perusing the CBI’s November, 2020 FIR alleging coal theft worth crores of rupees related to mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited in Kunustoria and Kajora areas of the state in and around Asansol. was imposed.
Speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport on Sunday, the MP had said that he would hang himself if any central agency proved his involvement in any illegal transaction.
Earlier today, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagannath Sarkar said Banerjee is scared and making statements about hanging herself after the ED summoned her in connection with the coal mining scam.
“He himself got scared and that’s why he is threatening to hang himself,” the BJP MP told ANI on Sunday.
He further said, “BJP is not a friend, your opposition is. If you have proof, show it to the people. Why are you threatening?”
Meanwhile, the TMC leader accused the BJP of doing “vendetta politics” and said that it cannot fight TMC politically, so they are using central probe agencies like the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). .
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