New Delhi/Kolkata: Swinging into action against Trinamool Congress youth wing leader Vinay Mishra's brother, Vikas Mishra, in an alleged coal smuggling case, the central probe agency has issued a look out circular (LOC) notice.
A senior CBI official in Delhi told IANS: "The CBI has issued a LOC against Vikas Mishra today." The action comes as West Bengal gets battle-ready for a crucial Assembly poll in March-April, with results expected on May 2.
According to CBI officials, an LOC against Vinay was issued earlier as he has been absconding in the coal smuggling case. Now a LOC has also been issued against Vikas, the official said.
The CBI had registered a case against the alleged kingpin of the pilferage racket Anup Majhi alias Lala, Eastern Coalfield Ltd General Managers Amit Kumar Dhar and Jayesh Chandra Rai, ECL chief of security Tanmay Das, area security inspector Kunustoria Dhananjay Rai, and SSI and security in-charge Kajora area Debashish Mukherjee.
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On February 23, the CBI team questioned Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Banerjee in Kolkata in connection with the case. The CBI also quesstioned Rujira's sister Menka Gambhir on February 22.
Following the questioning of Rujira and Gambhir, the CBI team also carried out searches in Kolkata on the premises of a businessman Randhir Kumar Barnwal on February 26 this year.