The ED has alleged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s family benefited from illicit funds obtained from certain illegal coal mining in the state under a “deep system” of political patronage driven by a “well-oiled” machinery.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) made these claims Wednesday in a remand note presented before a special court seeking enhanced custody of West Bengal police officer Ashok Kumar Mishra, also the inspector in-charge of Bankura police station.
The police officer, apart from TMC youth wing leader Vinay Mishra’s brother Vikas Mishra, was arrested by the ED in a case which has local trader Anup Majhi alias Lala as the prime suspect.
The inspector was arrested by the ED here on April 3 and the court had sent him to custody till Wednesday. The court extended his ED remand till April 12.
The ED case under the Prevention of…
