With this fresh recovery, the total seizure by ED and Kolkata Police reached Rs 141.47 crore.
The ED had initiated the money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered in 2021 by the Indirapuram police station, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
In the first charge sheet that was presented at a special court last month, the ED named Manik Bhattacharya and also mentioned some details on how he played a key role in the recruitment irregularities scam.
It also said that Sisodia and a few liquor barons were actively involved in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licensees to public servants, who have been made accused in the case.
According to sources, the raids are being conducted at more than 30 locations excluding Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's house.
This is the third middleman arrested in the scam but the first by the ED. Two middlemen, namely Pradeep Singh and Prasanna Roy, were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Roy is the relative of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General, Partha Chatterjee, who is currently under judicial custody for his alleged involvement in the scam.
The ED wrote to the chairman of the board for soft copies of the appointments-related details by Thursday, he said.
Trinamool Congress member Santanu Sen said that the Chief Minister's apprehension on this count was correct.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sources on Thursday said that the raids were being conducted at multiple premises linked to jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, his brother Afzal Ansari and his two associates, Vikram Agrahari and Ganesh Mishra.
Jacqueline has been named an accused in the charge sheet.
Chandrashekhar has allegedly spent around 20 crore on different models and Bollywood celebs.
The attached assets include Rs 16 lakh in 48 bank accounts and two plots worth Rs 2 crore at Narendrapur in Puri district and Kaipadar in Khordha district.
He was quizzed over a few documents of YI.
ED sources said that a total of 22 such high-end mobile phones were seized from the two residences of Mukherjee.
As soon as the House met at 2 pm, papers were laid on the table and two resolutions adopted amid slogan shouting and protest by Congress members.
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