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The Enforcement Directorate connected Friday (November 7, 2025) conducted simultaneous searches successful West Bengal arsenic portion of a wealth laundering probe into an alleged "organised" quality trafficking and prostitution racket being operated successful definite bars and restaurants, officials said.
At slightest 8 premises successful Bidhannagar (North 24 Parganas district), Kolkata and Siliguri were raided by the national probe bureau nether the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
The wealth laundering lawsuit stems from aggregate FIRs and complaint sheets filed by the authorities constabulary against the accused, identified arsenic Jagjit Singh, Ajmal Siddiqui, Bishnu Mundra and others.
According to officials, the accused "exploited" susceptible women nether mendacious employment promises and coerced them into prostitution to make important "illicit" funds.
These funds, acquired successful currency and worthy crores of rupees, were laundered done aggregate companies nether their control, the officials alleged.
