File Photo: ED officials at Shantanu Sinha Biswas’s residence in Kandi
During a recent meeting, ED formally requested Kolkata Police to register six distinct cases stemming from evidence uncovered during its money laundering probes, according to official sources. Kolkata: With multiple cases lodged against him by the Enforcement Directorate , legal troubles are deepening for former Kolkata Police deputy commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas, as cops registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, based on a complaint by an ED deputy director. The FIR lodged at the Gariahat Police Station also names the former officer’s two sons alongside alleged associates Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu and businessman Joy S Kamdar.
The illegal racket yielded monetary and property gains totalling at least Rs 2.89 crore, the FIR says. Investigators alleged that Biswas abused his post and influence to grant illegal commercial benefits to himself and his family members. He also assisted associates in concealing, transferring and laundering illegal funds into untainted property.