Cattle smuggling rip-off: CBI raids rice mill ‘owned’ by shut relative of Anubrata
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BOLPUR: The CBI on Monday raided a rice mill right here in Birbhum district allegedly owned by a detailed relative of TMC chief Anubrata Mondal, who’s within the central company’s custody in reference to a cattle smuggling case, a senior official stated.
Sleuths of the CBI together with officers of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) raided the rice mill in Badhagora space, allegedly belonging to Mondal’s nephew, who can be a neighborhood Trinamool Congress chief, they stated.
“Though the rice mill is defunct, we believe links with it and the cattle scam can be found during the investigation process. We are trying to find out whether this mill was run on the money gotten from cattle smuggling,” the CBI official stated.
The company sleuths seized just a few paperwork from the rice mill, he stated.
They additionally raided a flat belonging to Mondal’s arrested bodyguard Saigal Hossain as a part of their investigation in the course of the day, the official stated.
Saigal’s kinfolk had been additionally questioned.
There are at the least 10-11 rice mills, allegedly owned by Mondal, that are beneath the CBI scanner as a part of its probe, he stated.
The company had on Saturday carried out a raid at one other rice mill right here in reference to the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off.
During the raid, the CBI sleuths discovered a number of high-end autos parked contained in the premises of the mill.
Mondal was arrested by the CBI on August 11 from his residence at Bolpur.
BOLPUR: The CBI on Monday raided a rice mill right here in Birbhum district allegedly owned by a detailed relative of TMC chief Anubrata Mondal, who’s within the central company’s custody in reference to a cattle smuggling case, a senior official stated.
Sleuths of the CBI together with officers of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) raided the rice mill in Badhagora space, allegedly belonging to Mondal’s nephew, who can be a neighborhood Trinamool Congress chief, they stated.
“Though the rice mill is defunct, we believe links with it and the cattle scam can be found during the investigation process. We are trying to find out whether this mill was run on the money gotten from cattle smuggling,” the CBI official stated.
The company sleuths seized just a few paperwork from the rice mill, he stated.
They additionally raided a flat belonging to Mondal’s arrested bodyguard Saigal Hossain as a part of their investigation in the course of the day, the official stated.
Saigal’s kinfolk had been additionally questioned.
There are at the least 10-11 rice mills, allegedly owned by Mondal, that are beneath the CBI scanner as a part of its probe, he stated.
The company had on Saturday carried out a raid at one other rice mill right here in reference to the alleged cattle smuggling rip-off.
During the raid, the CBI sleuths discovered a number of high-end autos parked contained in the premises of the mill.
Mondal was arrested by the CBI on August 11 from his residence at Bolpur.
