A news outlet reports CBI has located about 50 benami bank accounts in the Birbhum District Central Cooperative Bank while investigating the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal recently.
According to an estimate, Rs 10 crore was routed through these 50 bank accounts.
A CBI team earlier raided the office of the said bank and accessed the details of the bogus bank accounts.
It is said the accounts were opened in the names of different marginalized farmers from the district.