Overview
- Debasish Kumar, who appeared at the ED’s Salt Lake office Monday, was questioned and asked to submit specific records with the option to return for further inquiry.
- Searches carried out March 28 recovered papers from businessman Amit Gangopadhyay that investigators say point to fabricated documents used to sell disputed properties at high prices.
- Officials are examining how those papers were created and whether Kolkata Municipal Corporation insiders supplied information or access to files.
- The investigation stems from about 17 police complaints that accuse a city organisation of illegal land deals and of luring investors with promises of unusually high returns.
- Trinamool leaders call the action pre-election harassment, the BJP cites court-backed process, and no charges against Kumar have been reported as he campaigns against Swapan Dasgupta in Rashbehari.