Kolkata: The alleged coal scam in West Bengal took a new turn on Tuesday when the state police filed an FIR against several Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) officers including the one who is heading the central probe agency’s probe team, sources said. The name of the CBI officer is Umesh Kumar.
According to reports, the FIR was filed at the Bishnupur Police Station under Diamond Harbour sub-division in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. A special team of Diamond Harbour district police began an inquiry into the case. The FIR was lodged on the grounds of recently complaint by a resident of Diamond Harbour. According to the complaint, the CBI sleuths threatened him and other some other people in the name of interrogation pertaining to the coal scam investigation. The CBI sleuths put pressure on them to give statements according to their instructions and also record those statements, the complainant said, adding that Umesh Kumar was involved in it.
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It is learnt that Umesh Kumar was a part of the CBI team who went to the residence of Trinamool Congress’ national general secretary and the party MP, Abhishek Banerjee in South Kolkata on June 14 this year to interrogate his wife Rujira Narula Banerjee in connection with the coal scam. Incidentally, Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Mamata Banerjee, is the party MP from Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency.
State police sources said that they have started the preliminary investigation in the matter and if necessary, they will interact with the CBI officers including Umesh Kumar.
