Coal Smuggling Scam: CBI Raids West Bengal Minister Moloy Ghatak’s Residences

The searches are being carried out at six locations, five in Kolkata and one in Asansol, CBI officials said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at the premises of West Bengal Law Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Moloy Ghatak, in connection with its probe into alleged coal smuggling case from Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) mines in Asansol, officials said on Wednesday, 7 September.

The searches at Ghatak's three houses in Asansol in Paschim Bardhaman district, and one in Lake Gardens area of Kolkata, they said.

The multi-crore coal pilferage scam is related to the Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines in the state's Kunustoria and Kajora areas.