Former Bengal minister Indranil Sen appears before ED in Durga Puja pass sale case
Kolkata Police arrested the former West Bengal minister after his third ED appearance in a probe into alleged Rs 50-60 crore irregularities.
- On Wednesday, former West Bengal minister Indranil Sen was arrested by Kolkata Police shortly after leaving the Enforcement Directorate office at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake, following his third round of questioning.
- Investigators are probing alleged financial irregularities by MassArt Society, which allegedly sold "preview shows" and "privileged puja entry" passes while "falsely claiming to be a UNESCO-sponsored entity, and subsequently utilising those funds for personal gains."
- Financial findings reveal estimated irregularities of ₹50-60 crore and cash deposits exceeding ₹3.8 crore in accounts linked to Sen and Octave Records, alongside agency claims of ₹85 crore in tenders awarded to associates.
- Jaideep Mukherjee filed the initial complaint at the Bowbazar police station, resulting in an FIR invoking Sections 316, 318, 336, 336, 338, 340, and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
- Before arrest, Sen challenged a rejected anticipatory bail plea in the Supreme Court after the Calcutta High Court denied it; investigators previously searched 15 locations including his residence in Kasba and garden house in Singur.
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Ex-Bengal tourism minister Indranil Sen arrested in alleged UNESCO-linked Durga Puja pass scam
Ex-Bengal minister Indranil Sen has been arrested in an alleged Rs 50-60 crore financial irregularities case involving MassArt Society, an organisation with which he and his wife were allegedly associated. The ED is probing claims that the society misrepresented its association with UNESCO while collecting money through Durga Puja preview shows and privileged-entry passes between 2022 and 2025.
Indranil Sen, former Bengal minister, arrested by Kolkata Police in money laundering case
Former West Bengal minister Indranil Sen was arrested by Kolkata Police after leaving the ED office in Salt Lake. The case concerns alleged corruption in the sale of Durga Puja passes and preview show tickets in the name of UNESCO.
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Hindustan TimesFormer Bengal minister Indranil Sen appears before ED in Durga Puja pass sale case
Kolkata, Oct 28 (PTI) Former West Bengal minister Indranil Sen on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its office here in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities in holding Durga Puja preview shows and the sale of passes, a senior official said. The former tourism and culture minister in the previous […]
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