The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned the suspected kingpin of a coal scam, sources said on Sunday. The agency directed Anup Majhi alias Lala to appear for questioning on Monday.
According to the CBI, Majhi, in connivance with officials and security officers of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) officials, illegally mined coal in the ECL’s leasehold areas. The agency has alleged that a section of officers of the Railways and other departments were also involved. According to sources, seven people are under the scanner.
The CBI recently raided 40 premises in West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand in connection with the alleged scam. The agency’s anti-corruption branch registered an FIR in Kolkata on November 27 under sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988,
