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Enforcement Directorate Conducts Searches at Nine Locations in West Bengal PDS Scam Case
The agency says the wheat was diverted through unauthorized channels and repackaged for sale or export, and it has arrested former minister Jyoti Priya Mallick.
- On Saturday, the Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at nine locations in West Bengal as part of an ongoing money-laundering probe into alleged large-scale diversion of Public Distribution System wheat.
- The investigation stems from an October 2020 FIR alleging large-scale diversion of subsidised wheat, where accused parties allegedly removed Food Corporation of India markings to pass off grain as legitimate stock.
- Officials searched premises linked to rice traders Sagar Saha, Partha Saha, and Samir Chandra Kumar, targeting five locations in Habra, three in Burdhwan, and one in Kolkata.
- The agency previously arrested former West Bengal food minister Jyotipriya Mallick in October 2023 regarding the alleged scam; Mallick was granted bail in January 2025 after 14 months in custody.
- These raids occur ahead of the second phase of West Bengal Assembly elections on April 29, drawing renewed attention to the ongoing money laundering probe.
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ED Raids 9 Places In West Bengal In Public Distribution System 'Scam' Case
ED's Kolkata zonal office is conducting the searches based on its investigation initiated in this case, primarily based on West Bengal Police First Information Report (FIR) dated October 23, 2020, alleging large-scale diversion of PDS wheat meant for welfare schemes.
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ED raids 9 locations in Bengal ration scam case, crackdown amid Assembly polls
The Enforcement Directorate raided about nine premises of suppliers and exporters in West Bengal in the alleged PDS scam case. The searches come as the state heads for the second phase of Assembly polling and extend a money laundering probe linked to wheat diversion.
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