Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition by former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose challenging his arrest earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore municipalities recruitment irregularities case in the state.Since the Calcutta High Court is having its summer vacation now, Bose’s counsel on Thursday moved the petition before the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Shampa Dutta Paul.T…
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Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose on Thursday approached a single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging his arrest earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore municipalities recruitment scam in the state.The matter is scheduled to come up for hearing on Friday before the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Shampa Dutta Paul.A three-time Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bidhannag…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) As part of an ongoing crackdown on Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders accused of intimidation and financial irregularities during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led regime in West Bengal, police in the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate on Friday arrested a trade union leader from Durgapur, officials said.The arrested leader has been identified as Sheikh Wasul, the president of INTTUC unit in the Durgapur-Faridpur area and a resident of Rangamati under Durgapur-Faridpur B…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday issued fresh summons to former West Bengal food and supplies minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led state cabinet, Rathin Ghosh, for further interrogation in the multi-crore cash-for municipalities job case in the state. Ghosh, the four-time Trinamool Congress legislator from Madhyamgram Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, has been asked to be present at ED’s office at the central government office (CGO…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Panchu Roy, former chairman of the Trinamool Congress-run South Dum Dum Municipality in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, has appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Salt Lake office in Kolkata on Monday for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore cash-for-municipal jobs scam.Sources said that Roy is likely to be questioned alongside former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose, who was arrested by the ED last week in the sa…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has detailed a series of grave allegations against former West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose, characterising him as a primary beneficiary of the multi-crore municipality recruitment scam. The ED revealed that Bose’s arrest on May 11 followed a pattern of deliberate non-compliance and evasive behaviour during the investigation into money laundering allegations against him.According to the federal agency, Bose was summoned multiple times for t…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) After avoiding Enforcement Directorate’s summons for interrogation in relation to the multi-crore municipalities’ recruitment case in West Bengal, Rathin Ghosh, the former Food and Supplies Minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led state government, finally appeared at ED’s Salt Lake office in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Friday.Although Trinamool Congress got defeated in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls, Ghosh managed to get elected from …
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Kolkata on Tuesday remanded former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose, who served in the previous Trinamool Congress regime, to Enforcement Directorate custody till May 21. He was arrested by Enforcement Directorate officials on Monday night in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-municipalities jobs case in West Bengal during the previous regime, after over 10 hours of questioning at the Enf…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) A restaurant owned by former West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose earned over Rs 1 crore during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 despite remaining completely shut, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata on Tuesday.Bose, who served as a minister during the previous Trinamool Congress government, was arrested by ED officials on Monday night in connection with the multi-crore municipal recruitment scam after a marath…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) West Bengal’s newly-appointed Food and Supplies Minister Ashok Kirtania on Tuesday stated that whole wheat flour will be removed from the list of ration items distributed in the state, contending that it contributes to the maximum number of scams and corruption in the state’s public distribution system.Speaking to IANS, Minister Kirtania urged people to give the newly formed Bengal government one week in order to get clarity on the government’s plan of action.”The party (B…