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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday (May 22, 2026) conducted fresh searches at multiple premises in West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe linked to arrested Kolkata Police officer Shantanu Sinha Biswas and an alleged criminal Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, officials said.They said a total of nine premises in Kolkata and Murshidabad are being raided.The premises include those of Mohammad Ali alias Max Raju, Saurav Adhikari, nephew of Biswas, and a "close associate" of Biswas named Ruhil Amin Ali, who is a Kolkata Police Sub Inspector, and Biswas' house in Murshidabad.The ED arrested Poddar on May 18 after questioning. Biswas was arrested last week, and a local businessman, Joy S Kamdar, was arrested in this case by the agency in April.Also Read | Trouble mounts for Abhishek Banerjee as Kolkata civic body sends notice against his propertiesThe ED has earlier said Poddar was a "history sheeter" and that he, along with his associates, was wanted in cases related to land grabbing in West Bengal.His name had first surfaced prominently in 2015 in connection with a violent clash at the Ballygunge rail yard. Investigators said multiple criminal allegations had subsequently surfaced against Poddar, including a murder case in 2017 and an alleged attack on rival Munna Pandey outside the Presidency Jail in 2021. Published - May 22, 2026 10:40 am IST
