Ration scam: ED raids multiple locations
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out raids at several locations across the state as part of its investigation into the public distribution system ration scam.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out raids at several locations across the state as part of its investigation into the public distribution system ration scam.
The recent filing of a First Information Report (FIR) by the ACB has intensified scrutiny into the matter, indicating the gravity of the situation.
The Enforcement Department today afternoon conducted raids at the residence of Sandip Sadhukhan, a resident of Haridradanga in Ward-1 in Chandannagar corporation area.
Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand, who underwent more than 20 hours of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, criticized the central government for the agency's actions, asserting that the raid is merely a pretext to harass individuals.
Reacting sharply to the raids, Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj wanted to know if it is part of a conspiracy to finish AAP.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday said it has recently carried out search operations in 10 different places in Punjab in connection with the recovery of arms and drugs cases.
Last year in August, CBI conducted a search operation at Sisodia's Punjab National Bank locker in connection with Delhi Excise Policy case.
Official sources said the simultaneous raids began on Wednesday night at 56 places spread across Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kozhikode, Kannur and Malappuram districts.
The searches are still going on at the premises and offices of several suspects having links with cadres of PFI.
The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy to carry out terrorist and subversive activities hatched by cadres and OGWs of various terror outfits and their affiliates operating at the behest of their Pakistani handlers.
