ED Seizes Over ₹1.5 Crore Cash, Gold and Luxury Cars in Kolkata ‘Cash-for-Jobs’ Raids
Raids at businessman Vivek Jhunjhunwala’s properties in Lake Town and Taratala uncover large cash stash, ornaments, vehicles, and documents linked to alleged civic body recruitment scam.
The Enforcement Directorate in marathon raids have seized more than Rs 1.5 crore in cash, costly ornaments, gold, luxury cars and several incriminating documents from the house and office of a businessman in alleged cash for jobs in many civic bodies, official sources said.
The ED raids, which began in the early hours yesterday in businessman Vivek Jhunjhunwala's flat at Lake Town in North 24 Parganas and his south Kolkata's Taratala office, so far seized cash over Rs 1.2 crore and valuable ornaments, gold and jewelries, luxury vehicles and several incriminating documents.
Sources said the cash seized could go upto Rs 2 crore as the counting of notes continued when the report came in.
The ED's latest raids happened after the agency got fresh clues during its October 10 search operations where it had seized over Rs 40 lakh cash and many documents. Following inputs the federal agency has been searching multiple locations since yesterday and the seizure happened since last night, which continued when the reports arrived.
Sources said that authorities also conducted raids at an investment company’s office on Princep Street in central Kolkata, where numerous investors were defrauded, as well as at the properties of two business-owning brothers in Beliaghata.
The raids at Beliaghata targeted the residences at 75 Hemchandra Naskar Road belonging to Biswajit Chowdhury, who runs a clothing business, and Ranajit Chowdhury, involved in real estate.