Nadia betel nut trader’s premises raided by ED, business documents scrutinised
Two ED teams, escorted by CAPF personnel, arrived in a convoy of five vehicles and launched coordinated search operations.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Shantanu Sinha Biswas, Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police.
The central probe agency arrested Biswas after questioning him at the its office at the CGO Complex.
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Earlier today, the Kolkata top cop reached the ED office at around 11:05 am, accompanied by two lawyers.
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After hours of grilling, he was formally placed under ED’s custody in connection with a money laundering and land-grabbing case in West Bengal.
The ED had sent a letter to the state’s directorate of security seeking details about Biswas’s whereabouts. The central agency had also issued a lookout notice against him amid fears that he might flee the country.
The investigation is linked to Biswajit Poddar, also known as Sona Pappu, a history-sheeter accused of land grabbing and running an extortion network in the eastern fringes of the city.
The ED had last month searched seven premises linked to the Merlin Group in connection with the same probe.
The searches included the residences of promoters Sushil Mohta and his son, Saket Mohta, as well as properties on Prince Anwar Shah Road and in Salt Lake.
Officials maintain that the ongoing action forms part of a broader investigation into alleged land grabbing and financial irregularities in Kolkata’s real estate sector.
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