Overview
- Police arrested MassArt secretary Dhrubajyoti Bose on Wednesday night and remanded him to police custody until November 13 as investigators seek details of the ticket sales network.
- Former tourism minister Indranil Sen remains in custody after his arrest last week and is being questioned by both the Kolkata Police SIT and the Enforcement Directorate in parallel inquiries.
- The SIT has been expanded to nine members and has identified about 150 government tenders awarded from 2021–2026 to three companies linked to Sen for event work and decorations that are now under forensic review.
- A police FIR alleges nearly ₹34 crore linked to the sale of premium Durga Puja preview passes and the ED has reported a roughly ₹30 lakh transfer from Octave Records to Mamata Banerjee that investigators are examining.
- Sen’s wife, Madhuchhanda, is named in the FIR and has secured anticipatory bail after being questioned, while the couple’s daughter missed earlier SIT summonses and her accounts and related companies are under scrutiny.