During their 14-hour raid at West Bengal minister Chandranath Sinha’s home in Birbhum district, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers confiscated numerous property-related documents, one cell phone, and over ₹ 40 lakh in cash, an official said on Saturday.
The ED investigators carried out a search operation at Mr. Sinha’s Bolpur home on Friday as part of their ongoing investigation into the purported school recruitment scam.
According to the ED official, the state minister was unable to explain why such a large sum of money was kept at his home.
“We have seized some property-related documents for the sake of our investigation. One mobile phone and over ₹ 40 lakh in cash were seized. We have also asked some questions to the minister,” the ED officer told news agency PTI.
The central agency raided Mr Sinha’s residence when he was at his ancestral house in Murarai, around 90 km away from Bolpur.
The ED officers asked Mr Sinha to return to Bolpur where he was questioned for several hours till midnight, the official added.
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