Guwahati: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials searched over a dozen places on Friday in West Bengal and Jharkhand in a money laundering case against persons trespassing on Indian Army property, reports said.
According to reports, there are currently eight raids in Jharkhand and four in West Bengal. Amit Agrawal, a businessman with roots in Kolkata, and a number of other individuals’ homes and offices were among the locations investigated, according to reports.
Reportedly, Agrawal was previously arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, and the raids were prepared following his admission of guilt in the case.
According to information, numerous acres of Army property in Jharkhand were unlawfully occupied by “land mafias” and politicians.
Amit Agrawal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate last month in connection with a money laundering investigation. Amit Agrawal was arrested by ED agents in connection with the July 31 seizure of Rs 50 lakh from lawyer Rajiv Kumar in Kolkata.
Agrawal, who is lodged in Jharkhand’s Birsa Munda Central Jail, is charged with allegedly paying Kumar to have his name deleted from a public interest lawsuit that was brought before the Jharkhand high court. In the PMLA court, the ED has also brought a prosecution case against Agrawal.