Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out a fresh raid at the residence of police officer Manoranjan Mondal in Durgapur of West Burdwan district, West Bengal, in connection with the ongoing coal smuggling investigation.This is the second time the ED has searched Mondal’s residence. Earlier, the central agency had raided his house on February 3 and questioned him for several hours.On Wednesday morning, central forces surrounded Mondal’s house located i…
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Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted search operations across Jharkhand, Manipur and Kolkata in connection with a massive fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) scam worth around Rs 658 crore, said sources in the central investigation agency. The raids were conducted at the premises of individuals and firms suspected of being linked to the fraud. ED’s Itanagar unit is spearheading the operation in coordination with state police forces, sources said.According to inv…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Kolkata Police have decided to formally approach the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to obtain the names and details of officers who conducted raids last week at the I-PAC office in Salt Lake and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain, on Loudon Street.Simultaneously, city police investigators will continue efforts to identify ED and CRPF personnel through CCTV footage collected from both locations.Sources said that investigators have already learnt that an ED Assistant D…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) Two senior BJP leaders in West Bengal, namely the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhiakri and state vice-president of BJP, Jagannath Chattopadhyay, have challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to prove her allegations on their involvement in the coal smuggling case within a reasonable point of time or face defamation.The counsel of Adhikari had already sent a notice of defamation to the Chief Minister, asking the latter to provide all purpo…
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided the Salt Lake Sector V office of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), a consulting firm working for Trinamool Congress since 2019.According to sources in the central investigating agency, a special team from Delhi arrived for the operation.ED officials also visited the Loudon Street residence of I-PAC’s co-founder, Pratik Jain, where searches are also underway. Pratik Jain, is also the director of I-PAC.Following the…