Overview

• About Rs 44 lakh in 2019–2020 inward remittances to a Saha account are under scrutiny, with ED sources naming Pranay Chandra Biswas and Dipak Ghosh (Rs 12 lakh each), Sanjit Monal (Rs 11.5 lakh) and Rana Mondal (Rs 8 lakh).
• ED officials say Saha used Gramin Bank accounts to move candidate payments, claiming total cash deposits traced exceed Rs 1.2 crore, with 12 accounts identified in the names of Saha and his wife and one account showing deposits above Rs 50 lakh.
• The agency is examining alleged investments routed since 2019 through Saha’s brother-in-law, including multiple mutual fund accounts and SIPs, with one candidate’s payments purportedly redirected and converted into units.
• Investigators have issued fresh summons, with 20 candidates called to the Kolkata CGO complex next week, as statements recorded under PMLA cite payments ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 12 lakh and a middleman’s role.
• Saha, arrested on August 25, remains in jail custody as the ED also probes Rs 46 lakh allegedly funneled to relatives and cash-heavy property purchases in his and associates’ names.