CBI confiscates TMC leader Anubrata Mondal’s FDs worth over Rs 16 cr

Kolkata : Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal on Wednesday confiscated bank fixed deposits worth Rs 16.97 crore in the name of Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal and his close relatives.
“For the last few days, we had been tracking different bank accounts held by Mondal and his family members. In this process we tracked these fixed deposits worth Rs 16.97 crore, whose sources were highly fictitious. Now our questioning will start from what were the source of funds for maintaining fixed deposits of such high value. Besides Mondal, his daughter Sukanya Mondal and some of their close relatives were holders of such accounts,” a CBI official said.
Majority of these fixed deposits were held at Bolpur branch of the Bank of India (BOI), which is located nearby Mondal’s ancestral residence there. One fixed deposit also showed Mondal’s deceased wife Chobi Mondal as the account holder.
The investigation revealed that the process of confiscation of the bank accounts started from Wednesday morning only.
Earlier, Mondal’s chartered accountant, Manish Kothari and two of the BOI’s Bolpur branch officers were questioned there by the CBI officials on Wednesday morning.
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