Bengal Law
minister under CBI’s lens
Kolkata, Dec 1: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has written to a private bank seeking transaction details of West Bengal law minister Moloy Ghatak and his family members in connection with the agency’s probe into the multi-crore coal scam, an officer said on Friday. The agency has asked the bank to send the details by December 13, he said. “We need to check the banking transactions of Ghatak and his family members. We have sent letters to the bank and asked them to reply and hand over the documents by December 13,” he added. Ghatak, who has been skipping CBI summons, could not be reached. (PTI)
Cocaine worth Rs 220 crore seized in Odissa
Paradip, Dec 1: Cocaine worth Rs 220 crore was seized from a ship at the Paradip port in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, officials said on Friday. Twenty-two suspicious packets were spotted in a crane on the ship anchored at the Paradip International Cargo Terminal (PICT) on Thursday night, they said. After the crane operator found it, he informed the authorities, suspecting it to be some kind of explosive. After tests, it was confirmed to be cocaine, they added. The cargo ship, named MV Debi, began its voyage from Egypt and arrived here via the Gresik port in Indonesia. It was scheduled to depart for Denmark with steel plates from here, officials said. (PTI)