Supreme Court 7-day breather for coal-theft accused
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the shield against arrest for Anup Majhi a.k.a. Lala, the alleged mastermind in the multi-crore coal pilferage case in Bengal, by seven days till April 13.
Majhi will have to cooperate with the CBI, which is probing into the case with the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The apex court, however, issued this order on a day Bengal completed the third phase of polling and started gearing up for the fourth.
The extension of Majhi’s shield against his arrest came as a damper of sorts for the CBI which has been gearing up for some time to appeal before the apex court for removing the ban on his arrest. The central investigating agency has been questioning Majhi for several days in a row now.
