Crime
Kolkata Deputy Commissioner Arrested in Alleged Extortion Syndicate Case
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas in connection with an alleged extortion and money laundering syndicate linked to criminal figure Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar. The arrest followed hours of interrogation at the CGO Complex in Kolkata.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas for running an extortion syndicate.
The ED had been questioning Shantanu at the CGO Complex in Kolkata since yesterday morning after the police officer appeared before agency officials for interrogation.
He was arrested after being questioned for more than 10-and-a-half hours and will be produced before a court today.
The ED had summoned Sinha Biswas, former Officer-in-Charge of Kalighat Police Station, several times for questioning as part of its money laundering investigation into an alleged criminal-linked syndicate run by Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar. However, he had repeatedly skipped the ED summons.
The ED had also issued a lookout notice against Shantanu for repeatedly avoiding appearance before the agency. Investigators wanted to ensure that he could not leave the country.
According to sources, investigators found certain financial transactions linked to Shantanu Biswas involving Sona Pappu and his close associates.
Shantanu Biswas was also linked to documents recovered from businessman Joy Kamdar, who was arrested on charges related to financial transactions in the same case.
Incidentally, last month, the ED had conducted raids at Shantanu’s residence on Fern Road in connection with the Sona Pappu case.