According to CID officials, this raid has been done in a case of drug smuggling.
According to CID officials, this raid has been done in a case of drug smuggling.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police on Sunday seized ₹ 1.39 lakh from the house of a fish trader in Gazol in the state’s Malda district. The CID arrested businessman Joy Prakash Saha and took him to the local police station. According to CID officials, the raid was conducted in a case of drug smuggling. Police were investigating a case involving the cross-border smuggling of Phensedyl, a codeine-based cough syrup. Phensedyl smuggling from India to Bangladesh is a challenge for border guarding forces and police.
The seizure of huge cash in Malda is one of a series of such seizures in the state in the past few months. On 2 September, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seized ₹80 lakh in cash from the residence of Trinamool Congress leader and chairman of Halisahar Municipality. The CBI had arrested Chairman Raju Sahni in the cattle smuggling scam.
The CBI on Sunday searched properties of Trinamool Congress MLA from Bijpur Subodh Adhikari. The CBI conducted raids at seven places during the day.
In July, the Enforcement Directorate had seized around Rs 50 crore in cash and jewelery worth Rs 4.5 crore from the properties of Arpita Mukherjee, an aide of former minister Partha Chatterjee. Mr Chatterjee and his associates are behind bars for their alleged involvement in the School Service Commission recruitment scam.