ED summons TMC MLA Madan Mitra’s spouse, two sons in municipal recruitment ‘rip-off’
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned TMC MLA Madan Mitra’s spouse and his two sons for questioning subsequent week in reference to its cash laundering probe into the alleged municipal recruitment rip-off in West Bengal, a senior official mentioned on Tuesday.
The summons have been issued after the probe company got here throughout info linking the members of the family to sure monetary transactions underneath scrutiny within the case, he mentioned.
“In the course of the course of investigation, these monetary transactions got here to mild through which the names of the MLA’s spouse and his two sons surfaced. They’ve been summoned subsequent week to file their statements,” the senior ED official informed PTI.
“The probe is progressing on the premise of documentary and monetary proof. We’re inspecting all individuals whose names have figured throughout the investigation. No conclusions needs to be drawn at this stage,” he mentioned.
The event comes weeks after the ED performed simultaneous searches at a number of premises linked to Mitra in reference to the alleged recruitment rip-off.
In June, the probe company had searched seven places in Kolkata and its adjoining areas, together with the Trinamool Congress legislator’s residences in Bhawanipur and Kalighat. Raids have been additionally carried out at premises in Dakshineswar, Santoshpur, Joka and Beleghata.
In October 2025, the CBI had searched Mitra’s residence in reference to the identical case and examined paperwork for practically 5 hours.
The “rip-off” pertains to alleged irregularities in appointments to varied civic our bodies in West Bengaland is being investigated individually by the ED underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), primarily based on predicate offences registered by the CBI.
