NEW DELHI : The CBI on Tuesday carried out searches at five locations in poll-bound West Bengal in connection with the illegal coal mining case involving alleged kingpin Anup Manjhi, officials said.
The searches are being conducted at five locations of Manjhi’s alleged associate Amit Agrawal, a businessman, in Durgapur, Asansol and Bankura, they said.
Eight phase polling for assembly elections in West Bengal is scheduled to begin from March 27.
With 294 seats at stake, the BJP is leading a vigorous campaign to oust the ruling TMC which had secured consecutive wins in 2011 and 2016 under its leader Mamata Banerjee.
