Enforcement Directorate has arrested the Inspector in Charge Ashok Mishra of Bankura Directorate in reference to Coal Smuggling Scam.
According to sources, Ashok Mishra is a detailed affiliate to Vinay Mishra, a younger TMC chief accused of smuggling coal and cattle.
In March, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Vinay Mishra’s brother Bikas in reference to the coal smuggling case, officers mentioned.
Bikas Mishra, sources say, was arrested from Delhi after being questioned briefly in relation to the case. Later, a delegated court docket in Delhi despatched him to ED custody for the following six days.
Vinay Mishra, an alleged shut affiliate of Mamta Banarjee’s nephew Abhishek Banarjee, is an absconding accused within the cattle smuggling case. The CBI has already recorded statements of Abhishek Banarjee’s spouse and different family within the coal smuggling case.
Earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had issued an arrest warrant in opposition to Vinay Mishra in reference to the cattle smuggling case. Later, a delegated court docket in Kolkata issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) in opposition to Vinay Mishra.
Vinay Mishra has been summoned by the central probe companies a number of occasions up to now however has failed to hitch the investigation within the cattle smuggling throughout the India-Bangladesh border.
The CBI had earlier carried out raids at a number of places in West Bengal, together with the premises of Mishra. A lookout discover has been issued in opposition to Vinay Mishra and all of the airports, ports and borders have been alerted relating to the identical.
