The CBI on Tuesday submitted its first chargesheet in the coal smuggling case to a special court of the central agency in Asansol, 20 months after it had started the probe.
In its 149-page chargesheet, the CBI has named 41 persons, including main accused Anup Maji aka Lala, his alleged henchmen Vinay Mishra, Vikash Mishra, Ratneswar Verma, Gurupada Maji, Joydeb Mandal, Nirod Mandal, and Narayan Kharka; and eight present and past ECL officials who were recently arrested.
The CBI also named a dozen private coal mining companies and 10 other firms in the chargesheet.
CBI sources said several private coal mining companies and other firms, mostly steel and iron factories, had allegedly used to purchase smuggled coal from Anup and his henchmen.
