Over the last few days, after the Durga Puja, Mamata Banerjee has been denying that she or the Trinamool Congress had any role in not allowing the Tata Motors small car factory to come up in Singur, Hooghly.
The CBI officials reached Mandal's Bolpur residence at around 9.50 a.m. escorted by a huge contingent of central armed forces personnel. After a little over an hour of questioning, they arrested him.
A team of CBI officials led by the agency's superintendent (anti- corruption branch), Rajeev Mishra, along with the team of central armed forces personnel had reached Bolpur late Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) central committee member Sujan Chakraborty said that the CBI since the beginning has given enough of long rope to Anubrata Mandal.
Already Mandal has faced two rounds of enquiry in the coal and cattle smuggling case and one round in the post-poll violence case.
The CBI officers sought the details of books of accounts, income-tax returns, property and assets details held by Anubrata Mandal and his family members.
On Thursday, Anubrata started from his residence at Chinar Park at 9.10 am and finally his vehicle reached the CBI's Nizam Palace Office in central Kolkata.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday declared that his party would contest in West Bengal in 2021 after surprisingly bagging five seats in Bihar.
