Kolkata, Feb. 7 -- Amid political slugfest between the BJP and the TMC over the scams alleged by the Comptroller and Auditor General the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday swooped down at six locations in four districts to investigate into the alleged irregularities in 100-days' work scheme under MNREGA project. Simultaneous searches were conducted at the houses of Bengal Government officials at Behrampore in Murshidabad district, Dhaniakhali and Chinsurah in Hooghly district, Jhargram and Salt Lake in North 24 Parganas adjacent to Kolkata, sources said adding documents related to fake account numbers and job cards were seized from various places.
According to sources about 2.5 lakh fake job cards were issued under MNREGA and wages paid in...