A special 30-member team led by Central Bureau of Investigation’s Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Akhilesh Singh and Eastern Coalfield Limited (ECL) officials jointly inspected coal mines in south Bengal on Tuesday in connection with an ongoing probe into illegal coal mining in the Bengal and Jharkhand border areas.
The team inspected mines in Raniganj, Jamuria and Asansol, said sources. They said the team was trying to gather information about how coal was illegally smuggled all these years.
According to sources, with the help of experts, the team calculated the amount of coal illegally extracted in Jamuria. It is suspected that some influential people, including ECL officials, were on the payroll of the racketeers, the sources added.
