Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir was interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday in a coal smuggling case linked to the Eastern Coalfields Limited mines in Asansol, reported ANI.
The Enforcement Directorate is investigating an alleged money laundering angle in the case. The central agency has alleged that the scam may involve transactions of Rs 1,300 crore, the bulk of which went to several influential persons.
On Monday, due to a purported error in the summons notice, Gambhir reached the Enforcement Directorate office in Kolkata at 12.30 am, reported PTI. She posted a photo on social media holding the notice in front of the locked Enforcement Directorate office.
Gambhir was issued fresh summons to appear before the agency around 2 pm on Monday after the Enforcement Directorate said that the time printed on the earlier notice was a “typographical error”, reported PTI.
#TMC national general secretary #AbhishekBanerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir appeared before ED, complying with a summons in coal case at 12:30am today. However,she left as the office was closed.
ED sources: it was a typographical error where AM was mentioned instead of PM. pic.twitter.com/vytyeDb18c
— Pooja Mehta (@pooja_news) September 12, 2022
Gambhir had been stopped by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday at the Kolkata airport when she was leaving for Bangkok. At the immigration…
