ED raids in Bengal on Bangladeshis wanted for financial fraud in own country
India Today
The suspects were living in India under assumed identities after they managed to obtain citizenship with forged documents, the Enforcement Directorate said.
The Enforcement Directorate, in a massive crackdown on Bangladeshi nationals wanted in their country over a financial fraud running into millions, raided at least ten locations across West Bengal. The Bangladeshis have allegedly embezzled thousands of crores of Bangladeshi Taka and siphoned them off to India and other countries.
The suspects, identified as Proshanta Kumar Halder, Pritish Kumar Halder, Pranesh Kumar Halder and their associates, were living in India under assumed identities after they managed to obtain citizenship with forged documents.
“Proshanta Kumar Halder has been posing as an Indian citizen under the assumed name Shibshankar Halder after he managed to fraudulently obtain various government identities like a ration card, a voter ID, a PAN card and an Aadhar card,” the ED said in a statement.
The financial probe agency has found that these Bangladeshi nationals floated several companies in India with their fake identities and purchased immovable properties at various places, including in several posh areas of Kolkata. The money used for these came from the money they had acquired by defrauding banks in Bangladesh.
