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Home / News / India News / Coal scam: CBI conducts raids across 3 states including Bengal
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    Coal scam: CBI conducts raids across 3 states including Bengal

    Siddhant Pandey
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    Siddhant Pandey
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    Last updated on Nov 28, 2020, 02:09 pm
    Coal scam: CBI conducts raids across 3 states including Bengal
  • The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday launched a massive search operation, reportedly raiding around 40 sites across three states in connection with a coal mafia case.

    Most of these locations are spread across West Bengal, where the alleged kingpin of the illegal operation, Anup Majhi alias 'Lala', is based.

    Reportedly, raids are also on or set to begin in Jharkhand and Bihar.

  • In this article
    CBI raided 40 sites, including 25 in West Bengal Case possibly linked to cattle smuggling ring CBI had recently arrested 'kingpin' of cattle smuggling ring Majhi was recently served income tax notices Raids come months before next year's Bengal elections
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    CBI raided 40 sites, including 25 in West Bengal

    CBI raided 40 sites, including 25 in West Bengal
  • Out of the 40 sites, 25 sites raided are located in West Bengal, NDTV reported. These include locations in Asansol, where Majhi lives, along with Durgapur, Raniganj, Bishnupur, etc.

    Majhi allegedly runs an operation in open cast coal mines along the Bengal-Jharkhand border.

    The homes and offices of the suspect, along with those of his associates, are being raided, sources told the publication.

  • Investigation

    Case possibly linked to cattle smuggling ring

    Case possibly linked to cattle smuggling ring
  • The coal racket may have funded some political parties in the state, sources said.

    Officials are also probing the coal racket in connection with a cattle smuggling ring.

    Sources told Mirror Now that the illegal coal was allegedly transported from South Bengal to North Bengal in cattle smuggling trucks. Details of hawala transactions and shell companies are also under the scanner, the sources added.

  • Information

    CBI had recently arrested 'kingpin' of cattle smuggling ring

  • Earlier this month, the CBI had arrested the alleged "kingpin" of the cattle smuggling racket, a Murshidabad resident named Enamul Haque. He is currently on interim bail after testing positive for COVID-19. A Border Security Force officer linked to cattle smuggling was also arrested.

  • Recent news

    Majhi was recently served income tax notices

  • The Income Tax department was also investing Majhi and had served him three notices earlier this month, out of which, he is reported to have acknowledged two, according to India Today.

    The notices were served around the time when Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited state capital Kolkata.

    He had then asked, "Why is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee so concerned about raids against 'Lala'?"

  • Context

    Raids come months before next year's Bengal elections

    Raids come months before next year's Bengal elections
  • The raids come months before the 294-member West Bengal Assembly elections in April-May next year.

    Notably, Bharatiya Janata Party, which leads the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, has been making strides in the state.

    In the 2019 general elections, the BJP had emerged as the ruling Trinamool Congress' main rival, bagging 18 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

  • West Bengal
  • Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)
  • Kolkata
  • Lok Sabha
  • Mamata Banerjee
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