Agartala, Aug. 28 -- The officials of Agartala sub-zone of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) seized Rs 7 lakh in cash and frozen bank accounts worth Rs 60 lakh during search operations conducted on August 26 in multiple locations in Tripura in connection with an NGO fraud.
The ED had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The searches were carried out in Delhi, Haryana, and West Bengal, besides Tripura, with the input revealed by Utpal Kumar Chowdhury, a resident of Tripura, ED sources said.
Utpal is the nephew of CPI-M leader and former minister Pabitra Kar, but switched to BJP soon after the party came to power in 2018. Joining the BJP, he became close to some top leaders of the saffron brigade and a cou...