Cattle smuggling: Anubrata Mandal will have to go back to jail till February 17

In the cattle smuggling case, TMC heavyweight leader Anubrata Mandal was again denied bail on Friday. The Asansol court again ordered him to remain in custody for 14 days. Anubrata Mandal will have to stay in jail for now. Trinamool leader from Birbhum Anubrata Mandal was produced before the Asansol court at around 11:00 am on Friday. There his petition was heard. Significantly, advocate of Anubrata Mandal did not apply for bail. The hearing ended in about ten minutes. The court ordered to keep him in jail until February 17.

The media asked him about the party's position several times before entering the court and in the bar, but he did not respond. Recently, when asked about 'jailmukti', Anubrata Mandal said, "Does anyone want to stay in jail for life?" At the same time, he was optimistic about the Trinamool's victory in the panchayat elections, but did not say anything on Friday.

After being in jail for 14 days, Anubrata Mandal was produced before the Asansol CBI court. Anubrata Mandal was produced in court on January 19. That day, the CBI claimed to have uncovered more unnamed accounts. Earlier, 177 unnamed accounts of Birbhum Cooperative Bank were exposed. After that, another 54 illegal accounts were traced.

The CBI claims that transactions in crores of rupees were made from these accounts. Anubrata Mandal also got an amount. In addition, 200 accounts were found where there was only one account holder. According to the CBI, Anubrata Mandal and his daughter Sukanya Mandal made transactions worth crores of rupees through these accounts.

The money of Bhole Byom and Shiv Shambhu Rice Mill owned by Anubrata was found in this account. After January 19, the CBI conducted a search again and found another 150 new accounts. This means that a total of 330 fake accounts have been identified.

Besides, many people close to Anubrata Mandal of Birbhum were summoned and questioned. CBI has summoned Anubrata Mandal's aide and his attendant for questioning in the cow smuggling case. Arka Dutt and Vijay Rajak were summoned to the temporary CBI camp at Bolpur in Birbhum on Thursday.