Overview
- Rathin Ghosh, who skipped five earlier summons during the state elections, appeared at the ED’s Salt Lake office in Kolkata for questioning on Friday in cases tied to municipal hiring and the public ration system.
- Before entering the office, the former food minister told reporters he did not know why he had been called and would learn the reason inside.
- The Enforcement Directorate arrested former fire services minister Sujit Bose on May 11 after hours of questioning, and a special PMLA court remanded him to ED custody on May 12 until May 21.
- Following a Calcutta High Court directive, the Central Bureau of Investigation is running a parallel criminal inquiry while the ED pursues potential money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
- The central agency says about 1,500 people were illegally recruited in civic bodies for money, and reporting indicates investigators are now looking at additional senior political figures.