The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected an application filed by suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh for anticipatory bail in the multi-crore ration distribution scam case.
Shahjahan's name had surfaced while the ED was probing into the alleged links of Jyoti Priya Mullick, the Trinamul leader and former minister of food and civil supplies, arrested earlier in this case, in the PDS scam
The four places where the ED conducted search operations included the Salt Lake office of Adhya s Chartered Accountant, who reportedly used to manage the Trinamool leader s accounts. Adhya was arrested on January 5 by the agency that is probing money trail of various companies associated with Adhya and entities dealing in foreign exchange and transfers into foreign accounts, people in the know said. Properties linked to Adhya and his family members are under scanner, people in the know said.
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