India
Searches: ED searches 13 sites, quizzes West Bengal mantri

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday carried out searchesat 13 areas in Nadia’s Ranaghat and Haringhata, Bongaon in North 24 Parganas, Howrah’s Domjur, Sector V in Salt Lake and AJC Bose Street and Ballygunge in Kolkata in reference to the alleged ration rip-off. A number of ED groups fanned out to rice mills, flour mills, workplaces, godowns, and homes of mill house owners after getting leads from questioning arrested rice dealer Bakibur Rahaman.The targets had been shortlisted after matching the names talked about byRahaman with these within the notebooks and a maroon diary seized from the house of Abhijit Das, the previous private assistant of state minister Jyoti Priya Mallick.
Mallick was questioned on Saturday in regards to the entries within the pocket book and the diary. ED sources indicated the minister mentioned he had no clue about them as every little thing was dealt with by Das.
Mallick was questioned on Saturday in regards to the entries within the pocket book and the diary. ED sources indicated the minister mentioned he had no clue about them as every little thing was dealt with by Das.