ED raid on absconding TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh's house, massive security deployed

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been extremely active in recent years, conducting raids and searches on the homes of politicians allegedly involved in money laundering and other similar cases and scams. Certain ED officials were also in news some time ago when they were attacked by a group of TMC workers while conducting a house search in West Bengal; the main suspect in this case, TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh had been in hiding for the past 15 days. According to a latest news development, ED has raided the residence of Shahjahan Sheikh. Know everything about it…

ED conducts raids at Shahjahan Sheikh's residence

As mentioned earlier, ED has conducted another raid at the house of absconding TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh. Nineteen days after an Enforcement Directorate team was attacked by a mob, ED sleuths conducted another raid on absconding TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh's residence in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday morning in connection with the investigation into the alleged scam the distribution of multi-crore rations. , an officer said.

Attack on ED team during raids

The arrest takes on added significance as it comes a day after the ED team was attacked by a mob and their cars vandalized while they were on their way to raid the houses of Shankar Adhya and TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan. A member of the raiding ED team said, “Eight people reached the spot. The three of us moved away from the scene of the incident. They attacked us.' Before a mob attacked the ED members, there were protests by the TMC leader's supporters.

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress leaders said the attack on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in West Bengal was an “effect of provocation”. TMC leader Kunal Ghosh alleged that the Central Agency is working against his party's leader at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “What happened in Sandeskhali was a result of provocation. In West Bengal, central agencies and armed forces at the behest of the BJP go to the residence of one or the other TMC leader or workers to harass people, spread negative statements and provoke people. We are receiving such allegations and that is what happened in Sandeshkhali yesterday,” Ghosh said.

(Input from PTI)