Mike Okoro scored a fine brace and Douglas Silva scored once as East Bengal drubbed minnows Indian Bank 3-0 to move closer to the title in a seventh National Football League match in Kolkata on Sunday.
Okoro, who leads the scorers' list with 16 goals, netted twice in the 15th and 85th minutes while Brazilian D'Silva nicely converted a free-kick in the 53rd minute in a one-sided encounter at the Salt Lake stadium.
With this win, which followed two reverses against JCT and Mahindra United respectively, the red and yellow brigade consolidated their position at the top of the league with 46 points from 20 matches.
Nigerian striker Okoro drew the first blood as he chested a diagonal aerial pass from Chandan Das