Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has filed a series of charges in court against Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, who was arrested in connection with a syndicate and corruption case. The central investigation agency claimed in court that Sona Pappu used to acquire other people’s land and property at low prices by threatening them.Not only him alone, the Enforcement Directorate has also mentioned a gang of three people in court.The agency claimed that Pappu worked for Behala b…
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Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu in connection with a financial fraud and extortion case. Sona Pappu was in the news for various reasons before the Assembly elections. He was allegedly involved in various illegal activities, but was still missing. However, Pappu appeared at the Enforcement Directorate office at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake on Monday.After being questioned for nine hours from morning till night, the…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu appeared before Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake here on Monday, after remaining untraceable for months in connection with a syndicate case.He had been wanted since his name was implicated in the Rabindra Sarovar incident last February. He went live on social media from time to time, but could not be found. The ED also raided his house to investigate a syndicate case. However, Sona Pappu suddenly appear…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The West Bengal government had terminated the services of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner, Shantanu Sinha Biswas, who was arrested by officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The action was in connection with a couple of money laundering-cum-land-linked syndicate cases involving a notorious and currently absconding history-sheeter.Despite attaining the official retirement age of 60, Biswas was retained under extension for two years by the previous Mamata Banerjee-l…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas in connection with a criminal-linked syndicate case.The ED had been questioning Shantanu at the CGO Complex in Kolkata since Thursday morning after the police officer appeared before agency officials for interrogation.He was arrested after being questioned for more than 10-and-a-half hours and will be produced before a court on Friday.The ED had summoned Sinha Bis…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas appeared at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office here on Thursday for questioning in a criminal-linked syndicate case.The development comes two days after the ED wrote a letter to the Directorate of Security, asking to know the status of Biswas and whether he was serving any duty. This was done to make the police officer, who had skipped multiple summons of the agency, appear before the ED officers.The central inv…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement’s Kolkata Zonal Office has expanded its investigation into a high-profile money laundering case involving a sophisticated network of individuals and shell companies in West Bengal.On Sunday (April 26, 2026), the agency conducted searches at three premises in Kolkata linked to Kalyan Shukla and Sanjay Kumar Kanodia.These raids led to the seizure of Rs 10 lakh in cash, gold jewellery, and a substantial cache of digital devices and incrimina…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has searched the premises of Kolkata-based realty company Merlin Group and its promoters as part of a money laundering investigation, an official of the central probe agency said. It was learnt that about seven premises linked to the group and its promoters, Sushil Mohta and Saket Mohta, were raided under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials noted on Wednesday. The company, however, did not make any of…
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The Election Commission has suspended the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kasba police station over the omission of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar’s name from the list of active criminals, a Commission insider said on Sunday.Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Commission had directed the state and Kolkata Police to prepare a list of absconding and declared criminals. It had also assigned specific responsibilities to the OCs of all police stations in this regard. In this instan…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday recovered over Rs 1 crore in cash and seized weapons during searches at multiple locations in Kolkata ahead of the Assembly elections, officials said.Investigators recovered more than Rs 1 crore in cash from a residence in the Behala area, linked to a company executive. Weapons were also recovered during a separate search at the Kasba residence of businessman Biswajit Poddar, an official of the central agency said.ED officials…