The CBI has summoned Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla for questioning in a case of alleged coal theft from the mines of the Eastern Coalfields Ltd in West Bengal, officials said on Wednesday.
The CBI asked Molla, an MLA from Canning Purba constituency, to appear for questioning at its office in Kolkata on Wednesday to answer questions pertaining to alleged theft and payments made thereof, they said.
A team of the central investigating agency had interrogated Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife at their residence for over seven hours on Tuesday in connection with the alleged coal pilferage scam.
