The State Police Special Task Force (STF) conducted a search operation at Nyazat (Sandeshkhali) in North 24 Parganas, recovering thousands of live ammunition rounds and advanced firearms hidden in a pond.
The search was based on information from Gopal Das, the brother of local TMC leader Rabin Das (a close associate of Sheikh Shahjahan), who was arrested along with three others following an STF raid that recovered a stockpile of arms from their Manipur residence.
Former Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Mayor and TMC leader Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested by the Bidhannagar police in connection with an extortion case. The arrest followed a complaint by a businessman alleging that Dutta extorted lakhs of rupees from him in 2018.
The police reportedly recovered documents linking Dutta to the extortion charges, which he has denied.
The state Special Task Force (STF) and Darjeeling Police arrested senior Trinamool Congress leader and defeated Falta candidate Jahangir 'Pushpa' Khan near the India-Nepal border at Panitanki.
Khan, who is considered a close associate of Abhishek Banerjee and faces several criminal cases for extortion, land grabbing, and electoral malpractices, had been evading the police for nearly three weeks following the Falta Assembly seat re-polling.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that the state government will move the Supreme Court to vacate its stay on a CBI probe into the alleged Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) teacher recruitment scam.
The chief minister directed the Chief Secretary to withdraw from the previous government's stay petition and allow the central agency's investigation into the alleged illegal recruitment of over 400 teachers to proceed.
Additionally, a special inquiry team under the home secretary was formed to investigate wider corruption allegations inside the GTA within seven days.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) placed nearly 30 Kolkata Police personnel of different ranks under scanner in its ongoing land-grabbing investigation.
The officers are suspected of assisting a criminal syndicate, led by Sona Pappu and former DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas, which allegedly used police influence and intimidation to coerce senior citizens into selling valuable properties below market rates.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted fresh searches at nine premises across Kolkata and Murshidabad in connection with its money laundering and land-grabbing probe linked to history-sheeter Biswajit Poddar (Sona Pappu) and former Kolkata Police DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas.
The raids targeted properties of close associates, including a Kolkata Police sub-inspector and a Murshidabad civic body vice-chairperson, as part of investigation into forced land acquisitions. The status of this commitment remains in progress as central and state investigative procedures continue.
The West Bengal government officially granted formal permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute ex-RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh in connection with alleged financial irregularities and corruption.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the decision, noting that previous administrative delays in prosecuting Ghosh have been removed to expedite the probe.
On May 18, 2026, the state cabinet officially approved the formation of a high-level inquiry commission to investigate institutional corruption, bribery, cut money, and financial mismanagement across central and state social and construction projects.
Led by retired Calcutta High Court Justice Biswajit Basu and member-secretary K. Jayaraman (ADG, North Bengal), the commission will commence operations on June 1, 2026.
The administration announced that the commission is expected to provide recommendations within 30 days of functioning to initiate criminal action under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Former West Bengal minister Rathin Ghosh appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake for questioning in connection with the multi-crore civic recruitment scam.
Ghosh was interrogated regarding alleged illegal appointments made in various municipalities during his tenure as the chairman of Madhyamgram Municipality.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas in connection with a money laundering probe linked to a criminal syndicate run by Sona Pappu.
Biswas, a former officer-in-charge of Kalighat Police Station, was taken into custody after over 10 hours of interrogation following his evasion of multiple summons.
Former West Bengal Minister Sujit Basu was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the South Dumdum Municipality recruitment scam. Officials alleged that Basu recommended around 150 candidates for posts in exchange for financial benefits during the 2014-2016 period of the TMC regime.
Direct proceeds of crime, including flats and cash deposits, have been identified.
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