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The Enforcement Directorate connected Friday (May 22, 2026) conducted caller searches astatine aggregate premises successful West Bengal arsenic portion of a wealth laundering probe linked to arrested Kolkata Police serviceman Shantanu Sinha Biswas and an alleged transgression Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, officials said.
They said a full of 9 premises successful Kolkata and Murshidabad are being raided.
The premises see those of Mohammad Ali alias Max Raju, Saurav Adhikari, nephew of Biswas, and a "close associate" of Biswas named Ruhil Amin Ali, who is simply a Kolkata Police Sub Inspector, and Biswas' location successful Murshidabad.
The ED arrested Poddar connected May 18 aft questioning. Biswas was arrested past week, and a section businessman, Joy S Kamdar, was arrested successful this lawsuit by the bureau successful April.
The ED has earlier said Poddar was a "history sheeter" and that he, on with his associates, was wanted successful cases related to onshore grabbing successful West Bengal.
His sanction had archetypal surfaced prominently successful 2015 successful transportation with a convulsive clash astatine the Ballygunge obstruction yard. Investigators said aggregate transgression allegations had subsequently surfaced against Poddar, including a execution lawsuit successful 2017 and an alleged onslaught connected rival Munna Pandey extracurricular the Presidency Jail successful 2021.
