Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted marathon raids at 12 locations in West Bengal, including the house of food minister Rathin Ghosh, in connection with a recruitment scam that allegedly took place at multiple civic bodies between 2014 and 2018, officials of the federal agency said.
Escorted by central paramilitary force personnel, the ED teams simultaneously raided the house of the minister, and the chairpersons of the municipalities at Kamarhati, Baranagar, Madhyamgram, South Dum Dum, North Dum Dum and Panihati (all in North 24 Parganas district) and several officials. The raids continued beyond 7pm, and a bureaucrat’s home at Salt Lake on the eastern outskirts of Kolkata was also raided, added officials.
Ghosh’s house at Michael Nagar in North 24 Parganas was raided as he was chairman of the Madhyamgram municipality between 2014 and 2018. He did not comment on the raid.
On April 21, Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged civic body recruitment scam. ED initiated a parallel probe.
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