Kolkata Police get court permission to raid former ED officer Manoj Kumar's office
According to reports, a city-based chartered accountant, Kamal Somani, lodged a complaint at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station in south Kolkata in February, alleging that one Pradeep Kumar Hirawat had started extorting money from him months after an ED team, led by Manoj Kumar, raided his office.
Following the complaint was lodged, Kolkata Police started probe into it and arrested the primary accused Pradeep Kumar Hirawat.
A police official said that during interrogation Pradeep Kumar Hirawat claimed that he was working for ED official Manoj Kumar and he had extorted money from the chartered accountant after being directed by the senior ED official.
Kolkata Police had called Manoj Kumar several times for interrogation, but Manoj Kumar avoided all summons.
Days ago, Kolkata Police moved to Bankshall Court appealing for permission to search Manoj Kumar's ED and Customs offices and the court on Tuesday granted the plea.
A senior official of city police told IBNS that they will raid the offices of suspended ED official very soon.
Manoj Kumar was ED's investigating officer (IO) in Rose Valley chit fund scam and months ago he was removed from his post after a Kolkata Police released a CCTV footage where he was seen moving with the wife of the ponzi firm's arrested chairman, according to reports.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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