New Delhi, April 27 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, on Monday said it recently conducted searches at 11 premises located in Kolkata, Habra, and Burdwan, linked to Niranjan Chandra Saha and others in a PDS scam case.
The searches resulted in the seizure of cash amounting to Rs. 18.4 lakh, along with various incriminating documents and digital evidence related to the offence of money laundering.
The ED initiated its investigation based on a West Bengal Police FIR registered at Basirhat Police Station on a complaint filed by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Ghojadanga LCS, alleging large-scale diversion of Public Distribution System (PDS) wheat meant for welfare schemes. The FIR disclosed offences punishable und...