Page 4 - Ration Scam News Today

Reacting to the incident, Union minister for home affairs Nishith Pramanik said, "The central government has taken the matter very seriously. This incident is very unfortunate... When a central agency is in a state, it is the responsibility of the state government to provide them security and safety. I express my empathy with those who were attacked today.”

The former food minister was arrested from his residence in the early hours of October 27 by the ED for his alleged involvement in the alleged multi-crore ration distribution scam.

Then commandant Ashok Gupta, two of his subordinates and a few businessmen are the accused in the scam that took place between 2017 and 2019.

India News: DEHRADUN: The CBI has initiated action against seven individuals, including a former commandant of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)'s 23rd battalion .

ED also submitted documents running into more than 3,000 pages along with the charge sheet filed under PMLA | Latest News India

The lawyer representing the ED also claimed that they were also not able to know the minister’s health condition in the hospital.

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleges "fake" ration shops and mid-day-meal scams in West Bengal, calling for a CBI probe. He highlights the pligh

Commenting on the ration scam (Public Distribution System) in Bengal, he said on Saturday, "There are so many fake ration shops and fake ration cards and scams in mid-day-meal in West Bengal and it should be enquired by central agencies like CBI."

The TMC has been trying to fend off Opposition attacks by calling the ED action “political vendetta” by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre.

The agency teams carried out searches on the premises of Ankit India Limited in Uluberia and Domjur in Howrah district for nearly 27 hours and seized three bags of documents, sources said.