Rujira Banerjee: Coal pilferage scam: Rujira Banerjee expresses inability to appear before ED citing COVID situation

Senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee’s spouse Rujira on Wednesday expressed her incapability to seem earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi in reference to the coal pilferage rip-off citing the prevailing COVID scenario, and requested the company sleuths to go to her Kolkata residence as an alternative. The ED had summoned Abhishek Banerjee, the TMC common secretary and Diamond Harbour MP, and his spouse for questioning in a cash laundering case linked to an alleged coal rip-off in West Bengal.

Rujira Banerjee was requested to the seem earlier than the ED on September 1, and the TMC chief, who’s the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on September 3.

“This refers to summons dated August 18, 2021 asking me to seem in individual in New Delhi on September 1. I’m a mom of two infants, and travelling to New Delhi bodily alone within the midst of the pandemic will put me and my kids at grave danger.

“It might be handy to me for those who contemplate asking me to seem in Kolkata at my residence since your organisation has its workplace in Kolkata and I reside in Kolkata too,” she stated in her letter addressed to Sumat Prakash Jain, Assistant Director of ED.

“Apart from, as per my understanding, the alleged reason behind motion of the subject material of your inquiry too arises out of West Bengal. It’s possible you’ll talk your determination. I guarantee you each cooperation from my aspect,” she stated.

A CBI workforce had questioned Rujira Banerjee at her residence in February in reference to the coal pilferage case.