Overview

• ED teams raided sites linked to Saha across Murshidabad, Birbhum and Kolkata, with officials saying he tried to flee by scaling a wall and discarded phones that were later recovered for forensic checks.
• Saha was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for alleged non‑cooperation and was produced at the Bankshall PMLA court, which remanded him to ED custody until August 30.
• Investigators said a financial lead involving a man from Birbhum prompted the operation; the individual accompanied officers to Saha’s residence during the raid.
• ED sources told media they found roughly Rs 46 lakh in accounts of Saha’s family members and are examining the money trail, alongside searches at properties of relatives and his personal assistant.
• The case has revived political recriminations, with the TMC alleging vendetta and the BJP calling it accountability, as the ED also summoned Saha’s aunt and TMC councillor Maya Saha for questioning on Thursday.