Overview

• Officials said Saha was detained in Murshidabad under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for non-cooperation in the SSC recruitment probe.
• ED teams conducted simultaneous searches at locations linked to Saha in Murshidabad and Birbhum, including properties of his in-laws and a personal assistant.
• Investigators allege he tried to flee by scaling a wall and discarded mobile phones, which were recovered and will undergo forensic examination.
• The operation followed a lead on a monetary transaction involving a man from Birbhum who accompanied the agency to Saha’s residence.
• The money-laundering inquiry stems from a CBI case ordered by the Calcutta High Court into alleged paid appointments of school staff between 2014 and 2021.