The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday seized round Rs 3 crore from a businessman’s home in south Kolkata’s Lake Market space, other than two different locations as a part of its ongoing probe into an alleged lottery rip-off, an officer stated.
The central company performed search operations at a number of places in West Bengal since Thursday in reference to the alleged rip-off. In accordance with a senior ED officer, the raids uncovered roughly Rs 3 crore in money, and the counting course of remains to be ongoing.
A note-counting machine was dropped at the businessman’s residence on Kavi Bharati Sarani to facilitate the tallying of the seized cash, the official additional stated.
Moreover, the ED additionally introduced related tools to a different location in Madhyamgram, in North 24 Parganas district, the place search operations have been underway since Thursday.
The company searched a constructing in Madhyamgram’s Michael Nagar, reportedly getting used each as an workplace and a godown for the alleged lottery operation. In accordance with an ED official, the lottery tickets, have been being printed and distributed from the constructing.
Through the raid, the company confiscated a number of paperwork from the positioning. “The search is on. Now we have seized a number of paperwork, however can’t discuss in regards to the cash half in the mean time,” an ED official stated.
The Enforcement Directorate investigation into the lottery rip-off is a part of a broader cash laundering probe, that extends nationwide, with searches happening in West Bengal, Sikkim, and Tamil Nadu. The ED beforehand hooked up belongings value over Rs 277 crore in Tamil Nadu as a part of the investigation into the rip-off.
