Ahead of the assembly elections, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is in full swing in Bengal and has been taking intensive action since April 1 in at least 19 cases of money laundering involving ministers, senior police officers and alleged key political middlemen.

Rishi Raj, one of the directors of I-PAC summoned
On Monday, the agency summoned Rishi Raj, one of the directors of I-PAC, a political consultancy firm linked to TMC. Besides, former Principal Secretary of the State Education Department and senior IAS officer Manish Jain was also called for questioning in connection with the SSC recruitment scam. Another director of I-PAC, Prateek Jain, has been summoned several times in the past, which has accelerated the investigation into this high-profile political consultancy firm. Vinesh Chandel, the second director of I-PAC, is currently in ED custody.

DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas missing
Intensive investigation of I-PAC led to speculations that this firm, which was important for TMC’s election campaign, had closed down its operations. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee denied this. TMC said that these baseless speculations have been made to create confusion. On Sunday, the ED conducted searches at the residence of Kolkata Police Special Branch DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas, who is being investigated in the case of alleged fake NRI quota admissions in private medical colleges in West Bengal. DCP Shantanu of Kolkata Police is reported missing after ED summons. He has not been able to be contacted since the raid in Kolkata.

TMC MP Nusrat summoned wherever
The questioning of IAS officer Manish Jain comes soon after the raids on the premises of former minister and Banerjee’s close aide Partha Chatterjee. Biswas, along with former Jhargram collector Sunil Aggarwal, is already under investigation in sand mining, money laundering cases and a coal mining scam. His close aide Jai S Kamdar was arrested on Sunday after the ED accused him of having links with gangster Sona Pappu and involvement in cross-border and domestic hawala transactions.

ED summons former TMC MP Nusrat Jahan in ration scam. Actress and former TMC MP Nusrat Jahan reached the ED office in Kolkata today in connection with the investigation into the ration smuggling and money laundering case.

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