Kolkata:The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has executed significant measures in the ration scam investigation in West Bengal. Shankar Aadhya, a TMC (Trinamool Congress) leader implicated in the Bongaon ration scam case, has been apprehended by the ED.
The ED team commenced a search at Shankar Aadhya’s residence on Friday and, after a thorough operation, successfully arrested him. Currently, Shankar Aadhya is under interrogation at the ED headquarters in Kolkata. Notably, the ED team faced resistance and was attacked during the arrest operation.
Actually, raids are going on at the house of TMC leader and former chairman of Bongaon Municipality Shankar Aadhya since yesterday. ED arrested Shankar Aadhya late night. Shankar Aadhya’s house and in-laws’ house were also raided yesterday. It is being told that eight and a half lakh rupees and many important documents have been found from the TMC leader’s house.
The ED team was also attacked during the arrest. When the ED team had arrived to arrest Shankar, the TMC leader’s supporters tried to stop the ED officers and pelted his vehicle with bricks and stones. However, with the help of CRPF jawans, ED has arrested him and now the TMC leader has been brought to Kolkata.
Earlier, the ED team that had gone to raid Shahjahan Shake’s house was attacked on Friday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said its officers suffered serious injuries and their items like mobile phones and wallets were looted in a mob attack during a raid in West Bengal’s 24 Parganas district on Friday.
The federal agency said it has lodged a complaint with the local police to register an FIR against the accused. Actually, ED officials are preparing ‘two sets’ of reports on the attacks on his associates by the mob during the raid on the residence of TMC leader Shahjahan Shaik in West Bengal.
