CBI Questions Key Accused Anup Majhi In Coal Scam

Anup Majhi reached the agency's Nizam Palace office in Kolkata this morning and was interrogated in connection with the illegal coal mining in Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines in West Bengal's Asansol, they said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned Anup Majhi alias Lala, the alleged kingpin of the multi-crore-rupee coal scam, for eight hours and asked him to appear before it again on April 1, sources in the agency said. He reached the agency's Nizam Palace office in Kolkata this morning and was interrogated in connection with the illegal coal mining in Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines in West Bengal's Asansol, they said. Mr Majhi, over the past four months, had been evading the agency's notices and a look-out circular issued against him, the CBI sources said. The Supreme Court had restrained the agency from arresting him till April 6.