ED crackdown in Bengal: Kolkata businessman arrested, cop’s premises searched in laundering probe
Sun Enterprise General Manager Kamdar was detained after a short interrogation. They said he was picked up from his home during the raids and taken to the emergency room, after which he was arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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The man will be produced before a local court, where the agency will seek his custody for further interrogation, officials said. The day began with the emergency services searching Kamdar and Biswas’s premises, including his residence in Kolkata’s Ballygunge area.
They said Biswas, the chief coordinator and nodal officer of the welfare committee of West Bengal and Kolkata Police, was not on their premises. The action is linked to the money laundering case against a local criminal named Biswajit Podder alias Sona Pappu, who is detained in multiple cases on charges of attempt to murder and extortion.
The federal investigation agency carried out the first round of searches in this case on April 1. Later, the ED seized Rs 1.47 Million cash, apart from gold jewelery and silver worth Rs 67.64 lakh and a country-made pistol, from some searched properties.
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The investigation stems from Kolkata Police’s FIR against Podder for his alleged involvement in rioting, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy and violations of the Arms Act. ED, in a statement on April 9, alleged that the accused, including Podder, were involved in organized crime activities in West Bengal and illegally obtained funds through syndicate operations.
