Published on: Sept 08, 2025 07:19 pm IST
An ED official said the raids started at 6am on Monday in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, Jhargram and Midnapore districts. KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday carried out searches at more than 20 locations in West Bengal including state capital Kolkata, in connection with its money laundering probe linked to illegal sand mining.
Illegal mining of sand and river bed material, which comprises boulders, gravel and sand, are rampant across several districts in both south Bengal and north Bengal. (PTI/Representative Image) An ED official said the raids started at 6am on Monday in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, Jhargram and Midnapore districts.
ED teams searched the offices of a private firm at Salt Lake dealing with sand mining, the residences of its top official and locations linked to an employee Gopiballavpur in Jhargram. An insurance agent’s house in Kolkata’s Regent Colony area was also raided.
“Sand is legally extracted from blocks along the rivers’ banks, which are auctioned by the state government. But there are allegations that sand and riverbed material is extracted beyond the permissible limit and sold illegally using fake challans. Syndicates control the multi-crore racket,” a senior state government official said.
Illegal mining of sand and river bed material (RBM), which comprises boulders, gravel and sand, are rampant in several districts of south and Bengal.
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