TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
ED conducts raids in several areas of West Bengal over sand smuggling racket
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....D conducts raids in several areas of West Bengal over sand smuggling racket<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 16-10-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Kolkata, Oct 16 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday started simultaneo....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....us raids at various places in West Bengal, targeting individuals and businesses found to be allegedly involved in a sand smuggling racket, a senior official said. ED teams raided offices in Kolkata....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....s Bentinck Street area, Lalgarh and Gopiballavpur in Jhargram district, while another search operation was conducted at the residence of a businessman in Asansol in Paschim Bardhaman district, he sai....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....d. "These raids are part of our investigation into illegal sand mining. The ED operations started from early morning,” the official said. The ED sleuths are combing through business records, finan....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....cial documents, and properties linked to the racket, he said. The residence of a sand trader in Murugashol under the jurisdiction of Asansol South police station, is being searched as part of the pro....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....be, the ED official said. The businessman is accused of operating sand quarries across multiple districts and engaging in financial transactions worth crores of rupees, he said. "Allegations against....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
.... him also include financial irregularities in government-owned sand ghats and illegal money laundering," he said. PTI SCH RBT<BR> News - Press release - PIB....