Coal pilferage case probe

Anup Majhi alias Lala, one of the prime accused in the multi-crore coal pilferage case, appeared before the CBI for questioning on Tuesday, riding a recent Supreme Court order restraining the central agency from arresting him till April 6.

A division bench of the Supreme Court, while passing the order recently, had instructed Majhi to cooperate with the agency in its probe in the coal pilferage case.

Armed with the apex court’s order, Majhi turned up in the CBI’s office at Nizam Palace in Calcutta — with two lawyers in tow — around 11am to face a team of interrogators from the CBI, which has been on his lookout for several months.