Money is flying in the wind - Kolkata could rename itself as the City of Crorepatis

The Enforcement Directorate ED unearthed another crorepati in Kolkata – nicknamed the City of Joy. This time the crorepati happens to be a man from the Garden Reach area. Over the past month, the ED has arrested a few persons with political links and recovered crores of rupees. They are Partha Chatterjee who was a minister in the Trinamool Congress TMC government, and a woman Arpita Banerjee who was a friend of Partha. Later the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI arrested two more – they are Anubroto Mondal and Raju Sahani, both are leaders of the TMC. CBI is also a central government agency. Right now, the ED is conducting raids at multiple locations in Kolkata. It is probing an alleged case of fraud through a mobile gaming app and have zeroed in on the house of a businessman in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata. The ED has already seized Rs 17.32 crore and the figure could increase because counting is still underway. The cash, in denomination of mostly Rs 500 and Rs 2000, was concealed in several trunks in the residence. Rs 17.32 crore seized by ED in massive cash haul from Kolkata businessman in gaming app scam.

The ED has registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This was based on a complaint filed by a bank against the accused and others for defrauding the users of a mobile gaming app called E-Nuggets. It seems they managed to gain the confidence of the users of the App by rewarding them with commission and other means. Once they gained the initial confidence, the users invested bigger amounts. Subsequently, the accused scrapped the App quoting reasons like system upgradation, investigation by LEAs etc. and erased all the data pertaining to the investors.

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In was yet another embarrassment for Trinamool Congress and its supremo Mamata Banerjee. After the arrests of one of her ministers Partho Chatterjee and Anubrato Mondal, a leader of one of its units, the CBI has now arrested yet another of its leaders. The former two were arrested by Enforcement Directorate and the latter by the CBI respectively. Both are agencies of the central government. This time the TMC leader was the chairman of the Halisahar Municipality. His name is Raju Sahani and he is believed to be involved in a chit fund case. The CBI has recovered huge amount of cash from his residence. It seems he has bank accounts in foreign countries and is in possession of documents pertaining to properties worth Rs 2.75 crores. West Bengal: CBI arrests Trinamool Congress leader Raju Sahani in chit fund case. Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Mamata Banerjee, was also interrogated by Enforcement Directorate regarding the alleged scam related to coal pilferage.

The Trinamool Congress blames the center, labels these arrests as intimidation tactics and says these will not work. The fight is on. As things stand, the arrests of Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee had links to the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam. They are in judicial custody of the ED. On the other hand, it was the CBI that arrested TMC heavyweight Mondal. It was in connection with the alleged multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal. Mamata has disowned Partha but has stood by Anubrato.

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