Bengal coal smuggling case: ED files first chargesheet, names ex-TMC leader’s brother

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed its first chargesheet in Bengal’s coal smuggling case and has named former Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth wing general secretary Vinay Mishra’s brother Vikas and former officer-in-charge of Bankura police station, Ashok Mishra, as prime accused, but thus far has not mentioned TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

The coal smuggling case became a political issue on the eve of the assembly polls as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is also conducting a probe, questioned Rujira Narula, wife of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.