Bengal Ration Scam: Major actions were taken by the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday in a case involving purported corruption in the distribution of rations. Ten locations in West Bengal were searched by the ED, including homes connected to former minister Jyotipriya Mallick’s friend and owner of a rice mill, Barik Biswas.
Central armed forces and ED officers conducted raids in Rajarhat, Barasat, Basirhat, Bhangar, and Deganga.
PTI was informed by an official that “businessmen’s offices that are either directly or indirectly implicated in the scheme are there in addition to rice and flour mills. Among them are two Deganga-based Trinamool Congress leaders, whose factories are being examined.”
State Forest Minister Jyotipriya Mallick has already been taken into custody by the ED on suspicion of involvement in the scandal. Let us inform you that he had previously served as the Minister of Food.
