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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) arrested Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas. The arrests came aft respective hours of questioning by the ED successful transportation with allegations of onshore grabbing and a wealth laundering lawsuit linked to Biswajit Poddar, alias Sona Pappu.
He is apt to beryllium produced successful tribunal connected Friday (May 15, 2026).
ED had summoned erstwhile Kalighat Officer-in-Charge Shantanu Sinha Biswas respective times for questioning successful the Sona Pappu case. But the Kolkata Police authoritative had avoided appearing respective times. The ED has besides sought a study from Director Security of the West Bengal Police connected the presumption of the Kolkata Police authoritative arsenic to wherever helium has been deputed.
ED had besides issued a lookout announcement against Shantanu Sinha Biswas for repeatedly not responding to summons. The investigating officers wanted to guarantee that helium did not permission the country. According to sources, immoderate fiscal transactions of Kolkata Police Officials were recovered with Sona Pappu and his adjacent associates. He was besides linked to the documents obtained from businessman Joy Kamdar, who was arrested connected charges of fiscal transactions by the ED.
The authoritative was perceived to beryllium excessively adjacent to the erstwhile Trinamool Congress authorities and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had earlier made respective allegations against the constabulary officials successful public.
This is the 2nd high-profile apprehension by ED aft the alteration of authorities successful West Bengal. On May 11, the ED had arrested erstwhile Trinamool Congress Minister Sujit Bose successful transportation with a municipal recruitment scam. The allegation against the erstwhile Minister comes connected the charges that Mr. Bose had illegally recommended 150 candidates for antithetic posts nether the South Dum Dum Municipality successful lieu of pecuniary benefits.
