Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Monday, issued notices for interrogation to Kolkata Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shantanu Sinha Biswas and his two sons in connection with a money-laundering syndicate linked to notorious and absconding gangster Sona Pappu.Incidentally, on Sunday, the ED officials conducted a marathon raid and search operations at the residence of Sinha Biswas at Fern Road in South Kolkata and at a coaching centre owned by one of his sons.Insid…
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Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday arrested Kolkata-based businessman Joy Kamdar after conducting raids against him and Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas as part of a money laundering probe into an alleged criminal-linked syndicate.Kamdar, Managing Director of Sun Enterprise, was taken into custody after four hours of questioning, an ED official said.He was detained from his residence in the Behala area of south Kolkata during raids early i…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday detained businessman Joy Kamdar, the Managing Director of Sun Enterprise, as part of its investigation into a money laundering case against criminal Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar and his linked syndicate.The businessman was detained after ED officials conducted a raid at his residence in the Behala area of South Kolkata earlier in the morning. The ED also raided two premises linked to Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Si…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday conducted raids at the residence of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (DCP) Shantanu Sinha Biswas.The ED officials reached the DCP’s house on Fern Road in Ballygunge at 7 a.m. It is reported that a search is underway at the house.Officials said the search operation was being held in connection with the Sona Pappu syndicate case in the Ballygunge area of South Kolkata. Biswas was once the Officer-in-Charge of Kalighat police sta…
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned IPS officer Gaurav Lal and businessman Joy Kamdar in connection with its investigation and raids at the house of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar, who runs several syndicates in different areas of Kasba and Ballygunge in Kolkata, a senior central probe official said on Sunday. Gaurav Lal was the Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police, who is now deputed in Howrah Police.The ED searched Sona Pappu’s house on April 1. On that da…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate, Kolkata Zonal Office, recently conducted search operations at eight premises across Kolkata in a case linked to Biswajit Podder alias Sona Pappu, Jay S. Kamdar, and others, the central investigation agency said in a statement on Thursday. During the search, cash amounting to Rs 1.47 crore (approx.) and gold jewellery and silver valued at Rs 67.64 lakh (approx.), along with various incriminating documents and digital devices, were seized. One Fo…
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 7 (IANS) The Election Commission has taken several steps to ensure free and peaceful Assembly elections in West Bengal, and amid these, Kolkata Police are preparing a list of the most notorious criminals. It was learnt on Tuesday that each police station has been instructed to identify the most notorious criminals who can cause unrest during the election. Before elections, the police prepare a list of ‘trouble mongers’, with each police station sending it to the city police headqu…
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…