On Janaury 5, a mob of men and women attacked a team of ED officials when they had reached Sandeshkhali to conduct searches at the house of TMC Zilla Parishad member Shahjahan Sheikh in alleged connection with the ration distribution scam.
The procured paddy is then sent to the empanelled rice mills and rice is stored in government warehouses. In the last stage, the rice reaches people through a public distribution system (PDS).