ED conducts raids against Sona Pappu, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kolkata

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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday (May 22, 2026) conducted fresh searches at several premises in West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe linked to arrested Kolkata police officer Shantanu Sinha Biswas and alleged criminal Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, officials said.

They said a total of nine premises are being raided in Kolkata and Murshidabad.

The premises include those of Mohammad Ali alias Max Raja, Saurav Adhikari, Biswas’s nephew, and a “close associate” of Biswas named Ruhil Amin Ali, who is a sub-inspector of the Kolkata Police, and Biswas’s house in Murshidabad.

The ED arrested Poddar on May 18 after interrogation. Biswas was arrested last week and local businessman Joy S Kamdar was arrested by the agency in April in this case.

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The ED had earlier said that Poddar was a “history sheet” and that he was wanted along with his associates in cases related to land grabbing in West Bengal.

His name first came to prominence in 2015 in connection with a violent clash at Ballygunge railway yard. Investigators said several criminal charges subsequently surfaced against Poddar, including a 2017 murder case and an alleged attack on rival Munna Pandey outside the Presidential Jail in 2021.

Published – 22 May 2026 10:40 AM IST