Cattle smuggling case: Trinamool leader’s property attached

The Enforcement Directorate has attached immovable property of Trinamool Congress youth wing leader Vinay Mishra and his brother Vikas Mishra in connection with the cross-border cattle smuggling case.

The move came days after the agency arrested Vikas in the alleged illegal coal mining and theft case in West Bengal. The attached property, located in Kolkata, was acquired by the Mishras in May 2017 by buying the shares of a company named Anant Tradecom Private Limited for a consideration of ₹3.5 crore. The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing the case. Among those under the scanner are officers of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Customs Department. The CBI had earlier arrested Commandant Satish Kumar and one trader named Enamul Haque in the case related to smuggling of cattle to Bangladesh. The agency alleged that from October 2016 to March 2017, the Mishras had received ₹6.1 crore from Haque. In order to purchase the shares of Anant Tradecom, funds were layered through accommodation entries from two Kolkata-based shell entities and by way of cash deposits in the accounts of family members.