ILLEGAL TRANSFER OF MONEY: ED RAIDS SEVERAL PLACES IN CITY

KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids in several places, including Ashoknagar and Dum Dum in connection with illegal transfer of money from Bangladesh. According to sources, ED officials conducted the raid at the house of a fish seller Sukumar Mridha’s house. It is alleged that Mridha who also has his house in Bangladesh had obtained loans from several banks there. The loans were availed in the name of fictitious companies which were also allegedly used for hawala transactions as well. Apart from Mridha’s house ED officials also conducted raids at a place in Dum Dum also. Sources informed that from Mridha’s house several incriminating documents were recovered. ED came to know about Mridha’s malpractices after the bank fraud incident was unearthed by the Bangladeshi investigating agency. Mridha had allegedly cheated the Bangladesh banks worth not less than Rs 300 crore.