The Enforcement Directorate (ED) teams conducted search and seizure operations at multiple addresses, including the Fern Road house of Biswajit Poddar, the alleged mastermind behind a violent clash and firing in Kankulia, an area near Golpark, on February 1. ADVERTISEMENTSources in the central agency, however, said it was linked to an alleged land-grab case. “Until a court convicts Poddar, he shouldn’t be termed a criminal,” said minister Javed Khan, the Trinamool candidate from Kasba. ED teams visited was the office of a company on Ashwini Dutta Road in Ballygunge to probe allegations of financial fraud. The search and seizure operations on Wednesday came two days after the ED questioned Debasish Kumar, the Trinamool candidate for Rashbehari, in connection with the probe into the alleged land-grab case.

Source: The Telegraph April 02, 2026 00:06 UTC