Overview
- Debraj Chakraborty was arrested by West Bengal police on Wednesday and was produced in Barasat where a court remanded him to seven days of police custody for interrogation.
- The Enforcement Directorate filed an Enforcement Case Information Report and has begun tracing financial transactions and alleged benami transfers linked to Chakraborty and entities under scrutiny.
- State police cases grew from complaints by real‑estate promoters and a BJP MLA that accused Chakraborty of extortion, coercive land deals and organised‑crime tactics that forced property transfers.
- Officials and media reports differ on scale but investigators are examining allegations that assets moved before elections range from about Rs 100 crore to figures claimed by ED sources near Rs 1,300 crore.
- Chakraborty’s wife, former MLA Aditi Munshi, retains interim anticipatory bail under court conditions and has been questioned by police while earlier CBI inquiries over school recruitment issues are part of the wider probe backdrop.