1. 💰 Troubles for Trinamool escalate
Coal scam: The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak.
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Raids were in connection with a probe into alleged coal pilferage from Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines in Asansol.
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The pilfered coal was sold to brick kilns and private factories.
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The scam is believed to have generated thousands of crores of Rupees.
Who else is involved: Central agencies have already questioned Abhishek Banerjee and a few other Trinamool functionaries for their alleged involvement in the scam.
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A former senior functionary of the Trinamool’s youth wing and closed aide of Abhishek Banerjee, Vinay Mishra, is alleged to be the kingpin of the scam.
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However, he fled the country, renounced his Indian citizenship and is now believed to be a citizen of Vanuatu Island in southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Even Trinamool strongman Anubrata Mandal, who was arrested for his involvement in the cattle smuggling scam, is allegedly involved in the coal smuggling scam.
Previous scams: The chit fund scam netted then transport minister Madan Mitra, Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay and Tapas Paul, and some other Trinamool seniors.
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Top Trinamool ministers Firhad Hakim and (late) Subrata Mukherjee and other party seniors like Mukul Roy, Saugata Roy, Prasun Banerjee and Sultan Ahmed were caught on video accepting bundles of cash in the .
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