The official press release further stated that ED initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by the ACB, Rajasthan, against Padamchand Jain (Shree Shyam Tubewell Company), Mahesh Mittal ( Shree Ganpati Tubewell Company) and others, including PHED officials.
Enforcement Directorate has been investigating the money laundering case linked to the Rs 312 crore fraud at the ruling CPI(M) controlled Karuvannur Co-operative Bank.
ED's fresh move in the case comes almost two-and-a-half months after it raided 25 locations in Rajasthan including the premises of a senior IAS officer, some engineers, contractors and former state government officials suspected to have links in the case.
Both Mollah and Sardar are accused of direct involvement in the violent attack that targeted the probe agency team during a raid on the residence of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh.
The arrest of builder Ayan Sheel, who is based in Kolkata, by the ED on March 19 concerning the SSC recruitment scam exposed the purported anomalies in municipality recruitments in West Bengal
West Bengal police registered an FIR against ED officials who were attacked during a raid at the house of Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh in North 24 Parganas.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a lookout notice for TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, a day after his supporters attacked an ED team that reached to execute a raid on Sheikh's residence as part of an investigation into the ration scam