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…
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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 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday was conducting searches at three places, including the houses of two businessmen in Anandapur and Alipore areas, in Kolkata. According to ED officials, this search was linked to its investigation into a criminal-linked syndicate of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar.The ED has already arrested Joy Kamdar, a businessman close to Sona Pappu. Kamdar is currently in the ED’s custody. It is reported that these businessmen, whose premis…
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…
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…