KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday booked seven officials, including a serving general manager of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), in connection with the coal smuggling scam in West Bengal.

According to CBI sources, since Wednesday morning, their sleuths have been questioning the seven ECL employees as marathon interrogation. However, there were many contradictions in their claims, which led to their eventual arrest late Wednesday evening by the CBI's anti-corruption investigators.

Former general manager of ECL A Mallick and current manager of ECL Mukesh Kumar were among those detained. An investigation into the West Bengal coal smuggling case is being carried out by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Abhishek Banerjee, the national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress, and his wife Rujira Narula Banerjee have already been questioned by the investigators in relation to the case. Investigatory authorities believe that the scheme involved financial transactions worth Rs 1,300 crore.

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