Overview

• Officials said Saha tried to scale a boundary wall to escape during the raid in Murshidabad and was caught in a nearby field by ED officers and central forces.
• The MLA allegedly discarded mobile phones during the search; officers recovered the devices and said they will undergo forensic examination.
• Coordinated searches targeted residences of his in-laws and other relatives in Murshidabad and Birbhum, including a TMC councillor aunt in Sainthia and his personal assistant.
• ED officers said the operation followed a financial lead involving a Birbhum resident who accompanied the team to Saha’s house.
• The money-laundering probe stems from a CBI case ordered by the Calcutta High Court; Saha was arrested by the CBI in 2023 and later granted bail, and the ED has filed four charge sheets in the wider matter.