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…
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Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Newly appointed West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday alleged that most leaders of the Trinamool Congress are corrupt, a day after the Enforcement Directorate arrested former state minister Sujit Bose in connection with a municipal recruitment corruption case.Speaking to media persons during his morning walk at Eco Park in Kolkata, Ghosh referred to alleged corruption involving Trinamool leaders in cases related to sand mining, cow smuggling, and black money.He said …
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate, on Tuesday, had issued a fresh notice to the West Bengal Minister for the Food and Supplies Department, Rathin Ghosh, for interrogation in connection with the multi-crore municipalities recruitment case in the state. He had been asked to be present at the Enforcement Directorate’s office at the Central Government Office complex at Salt Lake in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on May 6, that is two days after the results of the recently conclu…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The West Bengal Minister for Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development and the Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Firhad Hakim, on Thursday, expressed confidence about the Trinamool Congress’ return to power in West Bengal with a thumping majority after the counting on May 4 and stated that if his party returns to power the new Cabinet will take oath on May 6.Dismissing the predictions of the majority of the exit polls that have projected the BJP’s victory…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Tuesday, accused the Trinamool Congress leaders and a West Bengal Minister of floating baseless allegations against the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal. The BJP had also claimed that Trinamool Congress’ decision to nominate former West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP), Rajeev Kumar, for the Rajya Sabha had left many other former bureaucrats close to the ruling party in the state heartbroken.BJP’s IT Cell …
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets worth Rs 3.60 crore owned by West Bengal Minister incharge of micro, small and medium enterprises and textiles department, Chandranath Sinha, in connection with his alleged involvement in the cash-for-school job case in the state.Sources aware of the development said that a total of 10 properties owned by the minister, his wife, and his son had been confiscated by the ED, and the total market value of the properties is arou…