The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Debasish Kumar, a Trinamool Congress legislator from Rashbehari Assembly Constituency in South Kolkata and a Member-Mayor-in-Council (MMIC) of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, in connection with an illegal land grabbing case in West Bengal. Kumar had appeared at the ED’s office at the central government office complex in Salt Lake, Kolkata, for questioning. He has been renominated from the Rashbehari Assembly Constituency.
ED officials conducted searches in Kolkata and nearby areas on March 28 regarding a land-grabbing case. The search operations were related to an organization accused of duping investors by promising high returns. Following their investigation, the ED summoned Kumar based on their findings. The ED’s probe was initiated based on approximately 17 FIRs filed against the organization in various police stations in West Bengal.
During the search operations, the ED officials scrutinized the organization’s financial records and interviewed its directors and senior officials. Subsequently, Kumar’s name emerged during the investigation, leading to his summons by the ED. The Trinamool Congress alleged that the central investigating agencies were targeting party leaders ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, while the BJP maintained that the ED’s actions were in compliance with a court order and not politically motivated.
