ED raids Kolkata deputy commissioner, bizman

Officials said the search operation was held in connection with the Sona Pappu syndicate case in the Ballygunge area of South Kolkata.

The searches are part of an ongoing investigation into a land-grabbing and housing scam involving influential politicians and real estate dealers, they further informed.

Biswas was once the Officer-in-Charge of Kalighat police station, which falls under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Bhabanipur Assembly constituency.

According to officials, the ED went to the house of businessman Joy Kamdar in Behala. His house was searched earlier, too. His name came up in the search conducted at Sona Pappu's house. The central investigation agency recovered cash from Kamdar's house in Behala.

The ED had earlier summoned the businessman twice for questioning. However, he had avoided appearing both times. After that, ED officials went to his house again today.

Searches were conducted at multiple addresses in Kolkata on April 17 also in connection with the illegal construction or syndicate case.

Earlier this month, ED had also raided the house of former state Minister Partha Chatterjee in the teacher recruitment corruption case.

Apart from this, the Income Tax Department had raided the house of outgoing Rashbehari MLA and Trinamool Congress candidate Debashis Kumar. The Assembly elections will be held in two phases on April 23 and 29 in West Bengal. The results of the vote will be known on May 4.