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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) connected Monday (February 9, 2026) summoned the serviceman successful complaint of a constabulary presumption successful Paschim Bardhaman territory of West Bengal successful transportation with a ember smuggling case, authoritative sources said.
Manoranjan Mondal, the serviceman in-charge (OC) of Budbud constabulary presumption successful the district, was summoned days aft the Central probe bureau conducted searches astatine his residence, during which respective documents were seized.
The constabulary presumption comes nether the jurisdiction of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate. “The questioning is linked to the ongoing probe into the ember smuggling racket,” an serviceman said.
The bureau has besides summoned Chinmoy Mondal, said to beryllium a adjacent subordinate of ember smuggling accused Lala, successful the aforesaid case. Investigators judge Mr. Chinmoy Mondal was “one of the cardinal operatives” successful the alleged racket, helium said. The improvement comes up of the West Bengal Assembly election, with the bureau stepping up its enactment successful respective high-profile cases.
Earlier, the ED had carried retired searches astatine the residence of I-PAC laminitis Pratik Jain and astatine the organisation's bureau successful an aged ember smuggling case, triggering governmental controversy. The substance was aboriginal taken up by the Calcutta High Court and subsequently by the Supreme Court.
Following those developments, ED manager Rahul Navin held high-level meetings with officials successful Kolkata to reappraisal investigations into coal, sand, and different large cases, sources said. As portion of the intensified probe, ED has questioned respective businessmen successful caller days and conducted searches connected February 3 astatine aggregate locations, including Raniganj and Jamuria successful Asansol area.
During 1 specified search, astir ₹1.5 crore successful currency was recovered from a businessman’s warehouse successful Jamuria. Sources alleged that ample sums were paid arsenic “protection money” successful the ember smuggling lawsuit and that the transactions had alleged links to the Budbud constabulary presumption OC. “Investigators are examining the alleged travel of funds and the relation of assorted individuals,” helium said.
