The CID has summoned four BJP leaders, including former Asansol mayor Jitendra Tiwari, for interrogation in connection with alleged coal smuggling.
Other than Tiwari, three other BJP leaders who have been summoned are the party’s Purulia unit president Vivek Ranga, his predecessor Vidyasagar Chakraborty and BJP convener of West Burdwan Subrata Mishra.
Mishra had been asked to appear for questioning earlier this week, but sought more time on grounds of “ill health”. Tiwari, who had deserted the Trinamul Congress and joined the BJP just before the Assembly elections in 2021, said he had received an email and WhatsApp message on Wednesday asking him to appear at Bhawani Bhavan in Calcutta on Friday.
