The CBI on Monday arrested four persons in the ongoing investigation of a case related to multi-crore coal pilferage scam in Eastern Coalfields Ltd. areas during the last seven-eight years in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee is also embroiled.
The four arrested accused are Jaydeb Mondal, Narayan Kharka alias Narayan Nanda, Gurupada Maji and Nirad Baran Mondal.
“The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested four persons in on-going investigation of a case related to alleged theft of coal in Eastern Coalfields Ltd. areas during the last 7/8 years,” the agency said in a statement here.