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Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday criticized the Trinamool Congress for ‘corruption’ after a huge amount of cash and luxury cars were recovered from the house of its functionary in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid.
BJP’s IT cell chief and party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, said in an ex-post, “Another ‘brilliant’ face of Trinamool exposed! Ajmal Siddiqui, state secretary of Trinamool minority cell, has been caught by the Enforcement Directorate on charges of operating a huge sex racket and amassing crores of rupees through corruption. ED recovered stacks of cash and two luxury cars from his house – part of his business built on women trafficking and illicit liquor trade. The loot of a criminal empire.”
The BJP leader’s reaction came after the ED on Friday seized over Rs 1.01 crore in cash and two luxury cars in West Bengal in simultaneous raids by the ED as part of a money laundering probe into an alleged organized human trafficking and prostitution racket operating in some bars and restaurants.
The BJP IT cell chief said, “Can anyone believe that top Trinamool officials were unaware? Not at all – they are neck-deep in the same filth. This party has turned into a syndicate of smugglers and crooks. Now the law will have to catch every one of them.”
According to the ED, the central probe agency on Friday raided at least eight premises in Bidhannagar (North 24 Parganas district), Kolkata and Siliguri under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The money laundering case stems from multiple FIRs and chargesheets filed by the state police against the main accused identified as Jagjit Singh, Ajmal Siddiqui, Bishnu Mundra and their associates.
Investigation revealed that the accused were involved in exploiting vulnerable women by making them false promises of employment and forcing them into prostitution.
Several FIRs were registered against the accused under the Arms Act and the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, 1986 – all of which fall under the ambit of PMLA, 2002.
Meanwhile, in another post, Malviya condemned the alleged sexual assault on a four-year-old girl in Tarakeswar in Hooghly district and criticized the police for “refusing” to take the complaint.
“A 4-year-old girl’s life has been ruined in Tarakeswar, West Bengal. Her family reached the police station hoping for justice, but the Tarakeswar police refused to register an FIR. The girl was taken to the hospital, but was referred to Chandannagar, while the police seem to be busy burying the crime to save the state’s fake “law and order” image. This is the grim reality of Mamata Banerjee’s rule,” Malviya said in a post.
He said, “Instead of upholding justice, the police seem to be protecting criminals, acting more like sycophants than officers of the law. Have they forgotten their oath to protect the people? Mamata Banerjee, your leadership has failed in West Bengal.”
–IANS
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