ED conducts searches in probe linked to TMC bank accounts

PTI, KOLKATA/NEW DELHI, JULY 7: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Kolkata as part of an investigation linked to the routing of alleged suspect funds in the bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress, officials said.

They said about five premises are being covered in the capital city of West Bengal.

Preliminary probe suggests that funds worth more than Rs 150 crore have been routed through aviation and travel companies, they said.

Premises of Carewell Aviation, a Kolkata-based private charter plane hiring and leasing company, and its directors and a purported electoral trust are being searched, ED officials said.

A response from the company to a PTI query is awaited.

Last month, the Kolkata Police had frozen debit operations of three bank accounts of the party following complaints by rebel party MLAs seeking a probe into the source of the funds, even as the bitter internal battle over control of the opposition party's financial war chest continues.

These accounts are estimated to hold around Rs 440 crore.

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