ED raids in case against Sona Pappu, e Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner

Key points

• The Enforcement Directorate on Friday (May 22, 2026) conducted fresh searches at multiple premises in West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe linked to arrested Kolkata Police officer Shantanu Sinha Biswas and an alleged criminal Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, officials said.
• They said a total of nine premises in Kolkata and Murshidabad are being raided.
• The premises include those of Mohammad Ali alias Max Raju, Saurav Adhikari, nephew of Biswas, and a "close associate" of Biswas named Ruhil Amin Ali, who is a Kolkata Police Sub Inspector, and Biswas' house in Murshidabad.
• The ED arrested Poddar on May 18 after questioning.
• Biswas was arrested last week, and a local businessman, Joy S Kamdar, was arrested in this case by the agency in April.