Property-grabbing racket: ED searches 9 locations across Bengal
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at nine locations in West Bengal as part of an investigation into a property-grabbing racket. Several individuals, including a former police deputy commissioner and a businessman, have been arrested in connection with the case. The racket reportedly involved coercing property owners to sell their prime properties at low prices, with alleged ties to the Trinamool Congress party.
- ▪The ED searched nine locations in Kolkata and Murshidabad as part of its investigation.
- ▪Muscleman Biswajit Poddar, former police deputy commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas, and businessman Joy S Kamdar have been arrested.
- ▪The racket involved coercing property owners in south Kolkata to sell their properties at throwaway prices.
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Property-grabbing racket: ED searches 9 locations across BengalMuscleman Biswajit Poddar, former Kolkata police deputy commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas, and businessman Joy S Kamdar have been arrested in the casePublished on: May 22, 2026 3:23 PM ISTBy HT CorrespondentShare viaCopy link The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday searched at least nine locations across West Bengal as part of its probe into an alleged property-grabbing racket involving a police officer with alleged links with the Opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) and a real-estate businessman.The ED has questioned former TMC lawmaker Debasish Kumar in the case. (X)The racket allegedly grabbed prime properties mostly in south Kolkata at throwaway prices.
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