The Enforcement Directorate (ED) stated to a special court that TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujuira and her sister were paid “substantial amount” in London and Thailand by the key accused within the West Bengal illegal coal mining case.
Abhishek is that the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The agency made the claim while seeking further custody of arrested accused Ashok Kumar Mishra, the inspector responsible of Bankura police headquarters in Purulia district of Bengal, who is claimed to be an in depth associate of kingpin of the case Anup Majee alias Lala.
The ED claimed that in questioning Ashok Mishra told the agency that this transaction was made at the behest of TMC youth leader Vinay Mishra and therefore the funds were sourced from Majee.
“He admitted that he arranged to transfer around [Rs] 1-1.5 crore to Delhi as asked by Vinay Mishra. This amount was arranged from Anup Majee through Niraj Singh [Majee’s accountant],” the ED submission said.
It said that Ashok Mishra “stated that Vinay Mishra was the secretary of TMC and was very on the brink of MP Shri Abhishek Banerjee; that it’s a political pressure and knowing his clout within the party, he [Ashok] has got to obey him [Vinay] or his career are going to be finished; that he facilitated in transferring funds through non-banking channel from India to London for an in depth relative of Shri Abhishek Banerjee; … that the topic transaction of Thailand was associated with Rujira Banerjee who is that the close relative of Abhishek Banerjee”
