India, Sept. 9 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday raided a number of locations including Kolkata where some businessmen were allegedly involved in smuggling of sands.
While the prime target of the raids was SK Zahirul, the houses of other businessmen and some insurance agents were also been raided in the smuggling racket that reportedly functioned out of several centres including Kolkata, Jhargram in Jangalmahal area and some other suburban areas, sources said refusing to divulge the political connections of the accused persons.
Notwithstanding Zahirul a former village level police officer who experienced a meteoric rise in the recent years is reported to have close connections with the Trinamool Congress leadership, sources sa...