India, May 5 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a lookout notice against Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas in connection with a money laundering case, an official said on Tuesday.

The lookout notice was circulated across airports, railway stations and other such transit points to order to prevent possible attempts by the official to leave the country.

This came after Biswas evaded multiple summonses issued by the agency during the probe, with the ED saying he had in the past been served notices to appear at least five times. Biswas was also chief coordinator and nodal officer of the West Bengal and Kolkata Police welfare committee.

"He was served notices to appear before the agency on five occasions, ...