TMC leader Shankar Adhya has been arrested in connection with a multi-crore rupee ration scam in West Bengal where he transferred funds to the account of a Dubai company, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday superior.

Adhya, the former Bangaon city chairman, owns a foreign exchange company in the Petrapole district along the India-Bangladesh border, and his relatives also run about 90 such companies, which are used to transfer funds from abroad. officials said.

The official said the Trinamool Congress leader also opened a company in Dubai and registered it in his son’s name and got Bakibur Rahaman, another accused in the scam. with the help of the latter, who was arrested in October 2023.

“Aditya was involved in the misappropriation of huge amounts of money from the account of a Dubai company,” he told PTI. He said that during the course of investigation, ED officials discovered that $79,584 (approximately Rs. 66 lakh) was transferred into the account on October 16, 2019. “We are trying to identify this company (where the money was transferred),” the official added. Adhya was arrested from his residence in Simultola, Bongaon, in January.

He is believed to be close to state minister Jyoti Priyo Malik, who was arrested in a fraud case last year.

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