A team from the Income Tax Department, accompanied by central armed police forces, has initiated raid and search operations at the residence of Trinamool Congress leader Kumar Saha in Kalighat, Kolkata. This action is part of an investigation into an illegal land-grabbing and money laundering case. Simultaneously, another team is conducting similar operations at the residence and electoral camp office of Trinamool Congress legislator Debasish Kumar.
The Enforcement Directorate officials are also conducting raids at the offices of a real estate company and the residence of a chartered accountant in various locations in and around Kolkata. Trinamool Congress supporters have gathered to protest outside the residences of Kumar and Saha, alleging that these actions are politically motivated by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Union government ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.
Kumar Saha, a significant organizer within Trinamool Congress, is a businessman known for mobilizing crowds at the party’s public events in Kolkata. Meanwhile, Debasish Kumar has been renominated as the Trinamool Congress candidate from the Rashbehari Assembly Constituency. The allegations in the money laundering case revolve around the illegal acquisition of land, including public land, through fabricated documents for commercial real estate projects.
The Enforcement Directorate had recently seized over Rs 1 crore in cash from a company executive’s residence in Behala and recovered unlicensed weapons from a businessman’s house in the Kasba area of Kolkata.
