TheCentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned two senior Indian PoliceService (IPS) officers for questioning in connection with the illegalcross-border cattle smuggling case, sources said on Saturday.
"Theagency has summoned DIG level officer Kallol Ganai and SP rank officer AnshumanSaha for questioning on Monday (March 8)," a CBI source related to theprobe said on condition of anonymity.
Accordingto CBI sources, Ganai was earlier posted as DIG of Murshidabad Range while Sahawas posted as Additional SP of Murshidabad district.
TheCBI registered the case on September 21 last year against four persons,including some Border Security Force and Customs officers, who were allegedlybribed by the international cattle smugglers.
TheCBI had carried out searches at 34 locations across the country and arrestedthen BSF Commandant Satish Kumar and cattle smuggler Mohammad Enamul Haque lastyear. Haque is currently in judicial custody.
Accordingto the CBI FIR, the cattle were taken from India to Bangladesh after payingillegal gratification to BSF personnel manning the international border.
Kumar,during his posting in West Bengal between December 2015 and April 2017,allegedly seized over 20,000 cows before they could be transported toBangladesh, but the vehicles involved were not seized, the FIR alleged.
TheCBI filed a charge sheet in the case in February this year against sevenpersons.