The CBI on Thursday said it has conducted searches against certain Customs officials, including then Superintendents and then Inspector among others in several districts of West Bengal in an on-going investigation of a case relating to cattle smuggling through Indo Bangladesh border.
The CBI searches were conducted in Kolkata, Murshidabad, Barrackpore, Sonarpur, Nadia, South and North 24 Parganas, the CBI said. During searches, several incriminating items/documents were recovered, the agency said. This said case was registered on September 21, 2020 against several accused including then Commandant, Border Security Force (BSF) and private persons on the allegations of their involvement in multi-crore scam of illegal cross-border trade of cattle. Further investigation is continuing, it added.