India
pti-PTI
Kolkata,
Sep
11:
TMC
MP
Abhishek
Banerjee’s
sister-in-law
Maneka
Gambhir
was
on
Saturday
evening
stopped
by
the
ED
at
the
Kolkata
airport
from
flying
abroad
and
was
handed
over
summons
to
join
investigation
in
a
money
laundering
case,
official
sources
said.
Gambhir
had
reached
the
airport
to
take
a
flight
to
Bangkok
departing
around
9
PM.
The
sources
said
on
Sunday
that
Gambhir
was
denied
immigration
clearance
on
the
basis
of
a
Look
Out
Circular
(LOC)
issued
against
her
by
the
federal
probe
agency.
She
was
stopped
by
the
immigration
authorities
and
the
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED)
was
informed
following
which
they
reached
the
airport,
spoke
to
her
and
denied
her
permission
to
travel,
they
said.
‘Won’t
bow
my
head
before
BJP’:
TMC’s
Abhishek
Banerjee
after
ED
interrogation
in
cattle
scam
The
ED
officials
subsequently
handed
over
summons
to
her
seeking
her
appearance
before
the
agency
on
Monday
(September
12)
at
11
am
at
its
office
in
Salt
Lake
area
in
Kolkata
for
questioning
in
a
money
laundering
case
linked
to
an
alleged
coal
pilferage
case
of
West
Bengal,
the
sources
said.
She
is
understood
to
have
left
the
airport
for
her
Kolkata
home
around
10:30
PM
on
Sunday.
Gambhir
has
not
been
questioned
by
the
ED
in
this
case
till
now.
The
CBI
had
earlier
questioned
her
in
the
said
case.
The
Calcutta
High
Court
in
August
directed
the
ED
to
question
Gambhir
at
its
regional
office
in
Kolkata
and
not
in
Delhi
and
also
not
to
take
coercive
steps
against
her
till
the
next
date
of
hearing.
Gambhir
had
challenged
an
ED
summon
that
asked
her
to
appear
before
it
in
Delhi
on
September
5
in
connection
with
the
alleged
coal
scam
case
and
had
sought
direction
from
the
court
to
the
agency
to
allow
her
to
appear
before
it
in
Kolkata,
where
she
claimed
she
resides.
The
ED
has
questioned
Abhishek
Banerjee,
the
nephew
of
West
Bengal
Chief
Minister
Mamata
Banerjee
and
the
national
general
general
secretary
of
the
Trinamool
Congress
(TMC),
and
his
wife
Rujira
in
this
case
earlier.
While
Abhishek
Banerjee
has
been
questioned
by
the
ED
both
in
Delhi
and
Kolkata,
Rujira
has
been
questioned
in
Kolkata
after
she
obtained
a
similar
relief
from
the
court
like
Gambhir.
Coal
smuggling
case:
TMC
MP
Abhishek
Banerjee
appears
before
ED
This
case
is
being
investigated
by
the
ED
under
the
Prevention
of
Money
Laundering
Act
(PMLA)
with
Anup
Majee
being
alleged
to
be
the
kingpin
of
a
coal
mining
pilferage-linked
money
laundering
case
related
to
Eastern
Coalfield
Limited’s
mines
in
Kunustoria
and
Kajora
in
and
around
Asansol
in
West
Bengal.
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