Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Arrested in Land Deal Investigation
ED arrests Kolkata DCP Santanu Sinha Biswas in alleged land deal case
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Shantanu Sinha Biswas, a deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police, following a lengthy interrogation regarding alleged multi-crore land transactions linked to real estate businessman Joy S Kamdar and alleged land grabber Biswajit Poddar. The case has connections to significant monetary transactions and political ties.
- 01Shantanu Sinha Biswas was arrested after failing to provide information on large monetary transactions.
- 02The investigation is linked to real estate businessman Joy S Kamdar, who is currently in police custody.
- 03Biswajit Poddar, an alleged land grabber, is on the run with a lookout notice issued against him.
- 04The ED's investigation began following a gang war in Kolkata's Gariahat area.
- 05The case involves significant hawala transactions as indicated by evidence found on Kamdar's phones.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Shantanu Sinha Biswas, the deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police, on Thursday night after a 10-hour interrogation regarding alleged multi-crore land transactions. Biswas, who had been summoned multiple times since mid-April, was detained after he refused to disclose the sources of large monetary transactions and details about his properties. The ED suspects his involvement with Joy S Kamdar, a city-based real estate businessman arrested in April, and Biswajit Poddar, an alleged land grabber and extortionist with political connections, who is currently absconding. Kamdar's arrest followed a 20-hour ED search operation at Biswas's residence, where evidence of substantial hawala transactions was discovered on Kamdar's personal phones. The investigation into Poddar intensified after a gang war in the Kankulia Road area of Gariahat, South Kolkata, in February.
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The arrest raises concerns about corruption within the Kolkata Police and the potential implications for ongoing investigations into land transactions in the city.
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