ED Officials Conduct Raids At Bengal Minister Sujit Bose's Residence In Kolkata

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday morning conducted raids at the residences of West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose, TMC MLA Tapas Roy and former North Dumdum Municipality chairman Subodh Chakraborty in connection with its probe into the irregularities in recruitments in civic bodies.

Accompanied by central forces, ED officers conducted raids at two residences of Bose in the Lake Town area in North 24 Parganas district early Friday morning, he said.

The central agency officers also raided Tapas Roy's BB Ganguly Street residence and Chakraborty's residence in Birati, he said.

''We are conducting search operations at the residences of three TMC leaders in connection with the recruitments in civic bodies. We are also talking to the leaders,'' the officer told PTI.

On December 28 last year, the investigative agency conducted simultaneous raids at nine distinct locations in the city as part of its efforts to investigate the school recruitment scam case. The offices and residences of various individuals were searched in the Burrabazar area, Kakurgachi, and EM Bypass regions of the capital city.

The minister of state for fire and emergency services was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last year, related to purported irregularities in recruitment within the state's municipalities.

However, Bose contended that he had not received any summons from the CBI. While addressing the press, he affirmed that he would willingly appear before the investigative agency if officially notified. Furthermore, he alleged that there was a political conspiracy aimed at targeting him.