Municipal employees, councillors worked in tandem with Sona Pappu: ED

A section of municipal employees and former councilors are purportedly involved in the alleged land scam spearheaded by strongman Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, former Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner of Police Shantanu Sinha Biswas, and real estate developer Joy Kamdar, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) report submitted to the court mentioned.

The activities ranged from land grabbing, evictions, illegal name transfers and misappropriation of properties to serve the business interests of the accused, the report mentioned.

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The central investigating agency further claimed that some councillors were involved in these operations.

According to the anti-money laundering agency, Sona Pappu ran the racket in collusion with Sinha Biswas and Kamdar. The group was involved in illegal land and property grabbing, real estate development and extortion.

Earlier, the ED filed its first supplementary chargesheet against Sinha Biswas in a land grab and financial irregularities case, accusing him of having colluded with Pappu and Kamdar in running a land grabbing network spread across various parts of the city.

Investigators alleged that the accused had pressurised and harassed land owners by filing false complaints against them at several police stations. The chargesheet also states that the accused used his influence in the police administration to carry out the scam.