ED summons 7 Bengal IPS men in coal scam probe

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate investigating the multi-crore coal scam along with the Central Bureau of Investigation is known to have summoned at least seven IPS officers  from Bengal. The issuance of summons comes amid ongoing bitter rivalry between the BJP-led Centre and Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal government.

According to sources the officers who have been summoned by the ED are in the rank of Additional Director general, Deputy Inspector General and Superintendent of Police. According to sources a top police officer from Asansol-Durgapur Commissionerate to have been summoned



along with the other officers --- some of whom have already been quizzed by the CBI in the coal and cow-smuggling cases.

The coal and cattle smuggling rackets became a major electoral issue in the recently held Bengal Assembly polls which saw TMC roaring back to power. The central agencies had earlier interrogated the wife of TMC general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee leading Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra and Home Minister for their alleged “vendetta politics.”