Overview
- West Bengal ended DC Shantanu Sinha Biswas’s extended service Saturday following Thursday’s Enforcement Directorate arrest in a real‑estate money‑laundering case.
- ED took him into custody after roughly 10–11 hours of questioning at its Salt Lake CGO Complex and said he withheld key facts during interrogation.
- Investigators point to WhatsApp chats, bank and property records seized from arrested businessman Joy Kamdar and to April 19 raids at Biswas’s Fern Road homes as links to the alleged syndicate.
- The probe now examines about a dozen other Kolkata Police personnel and additional real‑estate players, while alleged kingpin Biswajit Poddar, known as Sona Pappu, remains absconding.
- Earlier steps included repeated summons that went unanswered and a Look Out Circular sent to airports and BSF posts to block travel, as the agency traces proceeds from disputed land deals.