Kolkata, April 20 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Kolkata Police (KP) Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shantanu Sinha Biswas and his two sons in connection with businessman Joy Kamdar, who has been arrested in a money laundering case.
The summons follows a 21-hour raid at the officer's residence on Sunday. However, neither the Deputy Commissioner nor his sons appeared before ED officials at the CGO Complex on Monday.
Kamdar was arrested on Sunday after a raid at his Behala residence. He was brought to the CGO Complex around 11 am and, following nearly five hours of interrogation, was formally arrested. On Monday, he was produced before the Bankshall court, which remanded him to ED custody for eight days.
During the bail hearing, Kamdar's counsel said the ED had questioned a transaction of Rs 1.5 crore involving his client's company, though it remains unclear whether
the transaction was illegal. Sources said ED officials have uncovered links to several companies and individuals. One such firm is reportedly owned by the wife of alleged criminal Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu. Investigators have also traced multiple shell companies from data retrieved from Kamdar's digital devices.
Examination of his bank accounts revealed recent transactions worth Rs 1100 crore, including Rs 500 crore deposited in cash over four months. The ED has also flagged the involvement of an education society, from whose account around Rs 40 crore was allegedly transferred to a company linked to Kamdar.
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