CBI summons TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s wife in coal pilferage case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 21 served a notice on wife of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, for questioning in connection with an alleged ‘illegal’ coal mining case involving “mastermind” Anup Majhi and others, said an agency official. “A team visited the residence of Mr. Banerjee’s wife to deliver the notice for questioning on Sunday itself,” the official said. It is learnt that Ms. Banerjee was not home when the CBI team reached there. She is reported to have told the agency officials she would get in touch with them.