New Delhi, July 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, on Wednesday said it conducted search operations at five premises in and around Kolkata belonging to the Carewell Group of companies operating in the aviation sector. During the searches, balances amounting to Rs 440.42 crore lying in three HDFC Bank accounts of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) were frozen.
The searches were conducted in connection with an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, based on an FIR registered by the Cyber Police, Bidhannagar, West Bengal, in a case involving alleged dishonest financial dealings, unlawful collection of money, and the routing of suspected funds through certain bank accounts of AIT...