Kolkata, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday sent a notice for interrogation to rebel Trinamool Congress legislator Madan Mitra in connection with the ongoing investigation into the multi‑crore municipalities’ job irregularities case in West Bengal during the previous Mamata Banerjee‑led Trinamool regime.
Earlier this month, the ED served notices to Mitra’s wife and two sons to appear for interrogation in the same case. They are scheduled to appear at the ED’s Salt Lake office on the northern outskirts of Kolkata this week.
Mitra, who recently deserted Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee to join the “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, has now also been served the interrogation notice by the ED, the investigation arm of the Union Finance Ministry.
In June this year, ED officials conducted raids and searches at Mitra’s two residences, one in Bhabanipur in South Kolkata and the other in Kamarhati on the northern outskirts of the city. Mitra is a three‑time legislator from Kamarhati, first from 2011 to 2016 and subsequently from 2021 to date.
Simultaneous raids and search operations were also conducted in June at seven other places in and around the state capital.
In October 2025, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted a raid and search operation at Mitra’s residence in the same municipality recruitment irregularities case.
The CBI last week filed a chargesheet against former West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose and his son Samudra Bose in a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata in connection with the ongoing probe.
The chargesheet also named Jyotishman Chattopadhyay, an IAS officer, and two corporate entities linked to the minister and his son.
ED officials first obtained information about the municipality job irregularities while conducting raids at the residence of Ayan Shil, a middleman involved in both the municipality job case and the multi‑crore cash‑for‑school job case during the previous Trinamool regime.
Later, the CBI began an investigation into the matter following an order from the Calcutta High Court and arrested Shil. The CBI and ED sleuths, who conducted parallel probes into the municipality and school job cases, traced unauthorised property worth over Rs 100 crore owned by Shil.
Source: IANS
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