KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation on May 26 summoned Saokat Molla, TMC MLA from Canning East (South 24 Parganas), to their Nizam Palace office in connection with a coal smuggling case.
According to CBI sources, Molla is suspected to be involved in a coal smuggling case. After recording the statements of witnesses in the case, Molla’s name has figured prominently in the investigations. CBI officials are expected to interrogate Molla.
CBI has asked Molla to report to its Nizam Palace office on 11 am on Friday. Molla has been asked to turn in his passport, Aadhaar card, voter ID card and PAN card.
Molla has also been asked to turn in all relevant documents if he owns a company, say CBI sources. The investigators will examine his bank transactions. After former School Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and successor Paresh Adhikari, Molla is the latest TMC leader to be hauled by the CBI over the coal.
Another TMC leader Anubrat Mandal, Birbhum district president of the party, is also under the CBI scanner. The central investigating agency has been unearthing scam after scam much to the discomfiture and embarrassment of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government. As if the twin SSC recruitment scams were not enough, the CBI has unearthed the coal scam.