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A peculiar PMLA tribunal successful Kolkata has framed charges against erstwhile Trinamool Congress person Sheikh Shahjahan, his member Sheikh Alomgir and 2 of his associates successful a wealth laundering lawsuit successful which they were chargesheeted successful May 2024, the ED said connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026).
The tribunal ordered framing of charges against the accused connected June 15, the cardinal bureau said successful a statement.
The others against whom charges person been framed see Shahjahan’s accomplices Shib Prasad Hazra and Didar Boksh Molla. All 4 are presently lodged successful jailhouse nether judicial custody.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had chargesheeted the 4 men nether assorted sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) connected May 27, 2024, and the tribunal took cognisance of it connected June 3, 2024.
The wealth laundering probe against Shahjahan and his associates stems from aggregate FIRs registered against them by the West Bengal Police connected charges of issuing threats, murder, effort to murder, extortion, onshore grabbing, etc.
The ED arrested Shahjahan connected March 30, 2024, successful transportation with a lawsuit of mob battle connected the agency's officials erstwhile they went to hunt his premises successful Sandeshkhali successful North 24 Parganas territory connected January 5, 2024, successful a wealth laundering lawsuit linked to an alleged scam successful PDS ration organisation successful Bengal.
The ED alleged that Shahjahan, with governmental enactment and an service of his goons, established a "reign of terror" successful Sandeshkhali.
"Starting with petty crime, helium gradually expanded his transgression empire with the usage of unit and intimidation.”
“His wealthiness accumulation progressive onshore grabbing, amerciable food farming and trading, ceramic kiln grabbing, getting contracts done his member Sheikh Alomgir, Hazra and others, and postulation of amerciable levies," the ED said.
The "ill-gotten" wealth garnered by Shahjahan was "laundered" by disguising it arsenic income from food concern and employing galore trusted associates to channelise the wealth to himself, it said.
