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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has seized ₹45 lakh successful unexplained cash, incriminating documents, and integer devices during raids conducted successful transportation with the alleged irregularities successful recruitment to South Dum Dum Municipality successful West Bengal, the bureau said successful a statement.
Sleuths of the agency's Kolkata zonal bureau carried retired hunt operations astatine 13 locations successful and astir Kolkata, including the residence and firms of West Bengal Fire Minister Sujit Bose, connected Friday (October 10, 2025) successful transportation with its probe into the scam.
"During the searches, assorted incriminating documents, including those related to property, integer devices and unexplained currency amounting to ₹45 lakh person been seized," the ED connection issued connected Saturday (October 11) evening said.
The ED teams raided the Minister's residence-cum-office successful Salt Lake, a Councillor's location successful Nagerbazar area, and houses of erstwhile officials of the South Dum Dum Municipality connected Friday (October 10).
Mr. Bose has accused the cardinal bureau of "targeting him politically up of the Assembly elections".
"They behaviour these raids each clip there's an predetermination knocking connected the door. These visits are meant for leaders belonging to the Opposition parties. This is thing new. They person raided my properties earlier and recovered thing incriminating against me. This is simply a strategy to exert unit earlier the polls," Mr. Bose said.
The Minister claimed that his honesty certificate would yet beryllium fixed by the radical and not immoderate agency. "Let the investigating bureau bash its work. We volition bash ours. They support talking astir corruption, but neglect to furnish the required evidence. The radical cognize everything. They volition springiness maine my certificate," helium said.
In January 2024, the ED searched a fewer properties, including residences and an office, owned by the TMC leader, and questioned him successful transportation with the aforesaid case.
Following that 14-hour raid, the bureau had seized definite documents and the politician's mobile phone, prompting Mr. Bose to authorities that helium would nonstop his resignation papers to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee forthwith, if investigators could beryllium helium accepted "even 1 rupee from radical successful instrumentality for his ministerial services".
