Bengal cattle smuggling scam: CBI grills Anubrata Mondal's accountant; arrested TMC leader's daughter also on radar

CBI suspects that several bank accounts belonging to Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal's daughter were used for financial transactions in the cattle smuggling scam.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a cattle smuggling case, being taken by the CBI officials for a health check-up, in Kolkata on Sunday (ANI Photo)

Bolpur: CBI on Wednesday morning grilled arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal's accountant at their temporary camp office here as a part of its ongoing investigation into an alleged cattle smuggling scam, a senior officer of the agency said. A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths grilled for two hours Mondal's accountant Manish Kothari and two officials of the bank where Mamata Banerjee's leader's has several bank accounts, he said.

The four-member team including a woman officer also went to Mondal's Nichupatti residence here as a part of the probe, the official said.

The officers, who were supposed to question Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya, who is a primary school teacher, left the premises after around 10 minutes. However, whether they have questioned Sukanya Mondal is not yet clear as the CBI has not given any confirmation so far.

The central agency suspects that several bank accounts belonging to Mondal's daughter were used for financial transactions in the scam, he added.