CBI calls 6 cops, kin of Vinay for questioning

The CBI on Tuesday summoned for questioning six Bengal police officers and a few family members of the Trinamul Congress’s youth wing leader, Vinay Mishra, in connection with its probe into alleged smuggling of coal and cattle.

They were all asked to appear before CBI officers in Calcutta this week, said an investigator who refused to speak further on the summoning.

Trinamul said the summons were politically motivated.

“Several police officers who were earlier posted across Murshidabad and Hooghly districts have been summoned since it appears smuggled coal and cattle used to travel down parts of national highways of these two districts with their support,” said a source.