West Bengal: ED takes big action in lottery scam case, raids at many places

Kolkata. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started raids in connection with the lottery scam in West Bengal. The ED team is investigating the case of corruption related to alleged financial fraud of the lottery and money laundering through lottery tickets to some influential people. According to the agency, amid the ED action, a lottery ticket printing factory was raided in Michael Nagar near the airport. The ED raided a luxurious multi-storey flat at 26 Kavi Bharati Sarani near Lake Market in South Kolkata.

Earlier, raids were conducted in the Bangladeshi infiltration case
The Enforcement Directorate had raided some places in Jharkhand. A day before the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections, raids were conducted at several places in Jharkhand and West Bengal in the illegal Bangladeshi infiltration case. According to the information, the ED team raided 17 places in Jharkhand and West Bengal.

According to the agency, official sources had told that the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided several places in West Bengal as well as in the electoral state of Jharkhand in connection with the investigation of money laundering related to the alleged illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi citizens.

In the Bangladeshi infiltration case, the ED team raided Ranchi, Pakur and 24 Parganas of West Bengal and Kolkata. The central agency reached 6 locations including Hotel Skyline in Bariatu, Ranchi on Tuesday morning and started searching. On September 16, the ED had registered a case under money laundering to investigate the smuggling and suspected infiltration of Bangladeshi women in Jharkhand. The ED alleged that this was allegedly done to generate black money. The ED has registered a case under PMLA.