Jhargram: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday Feb launched raids at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with the ongoing probe into the alleged embezzlement in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds in the state, sources said. Sources said that among the premises raided, the ED sleuths raided the residence of a former block development officer (BDO) in Salt Lake's IA Block.
Besides, raids were also launched at the house and office of a businessman at Chinsurah in Hooghly district of West Bengal. Raids were also conducted in Jhargram's Bachurdoba at the residence of Jhargram District Minority Cell Officer Subhranshu Mandal on the second floor of Government Housing Block-B Building. Before being appointed as the in charge of Minority Cell, Shubrangshu was appointed as Secretary of Jhargram Zilla Parishad. It is learned that the ED has raided the quarters of Subhranshu Mandal to investigate the two cases of fake caste certificate linked to alleged embezzlement in MGNREGA funds while working in Murshidabad district.