Abhishek Banerjee: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after authorities stopped his wife Rujira Narula Banerjee and children from boarding a Dubai-bound flight on Monday. They were to fly out from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata.
Angry over his wife being stopped, Abhishek Banerjee said, “I openly say to Modi, your fight is against me politically, not against my wife, my 9-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. Fight me politically. If you think by doing this, I will bow my head. You are wrong.”
‘Agencies harassing Opposition’
He blasted the central probe agencies and said, “Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksy and people like them have sucked money out of the poor and ED, CBI could not do anything, as they are only used to harass Opposition. Adani is eating away at the State Bank of India and Life Insurance Company’s money. Do you see any inquiry?”
Talking about the Bengal coal scam, he said Union Home Minister Amit Shah should be arrested.
He said, “The one who should be arrested is Amit Shah. It’s the Central Industrial Security Force who guards coal blocks. The Border Security Force guards borders. Satish Kumar, a BSF commander, was arrested by the CBI. If I say that is the tip of the iceberg and it goes down to Shah or Modi, will you speak about it?”
Bengal coal smuggling scam
Authorities stopped Rujira Narula Banerjee from boarding a Dubai-bound flight on Monday at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in connection with the Bengal coal smuggling scam. Officials from the the immigration department stopped Rujira and her two children from boarding the flight at 7 am.
Addressing a press conference in the night, Abhishek dared the ED to arrest him or his wife, claiming that the “harassment” of his family was aimed at stopping his campaign ahead of the panchayat elections.
ED lookout notice against Rujira
A senior ED officer said they had summoned Rujira to appear before the agency on June 8. “We have asked Rujira Banerjee to appear before our officers at the city office on June 8. She was today (Monday) stopped from boarding the flight because of the ED’s lookout notice against her, and the matter is sub-judice,” he said.
The ED had questioned her last year in connection with the coal pilferage case. The CBI had also questioned her in 2021 in the same case.
Abhishek’s family being probed
The ED claimed that two companies, Leaps and Bound PVT LTD and Leaps and Bound Management Services LLP, are connected with Abhishek Banerjee and his family. These firms, the ED claimed, allegedly received protection funds amounting to Rs 4.37 crore from a construction company through the accused, who are being probed in the coal smuggling case.
Abhishek Banerjee’s father, Amit Banerjee, is one of the directors of Leaps and Bound Pvt Ltd. His wife Rujira Banerjee is a director of Leap and Bound Management Services Limited along with his father.
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