The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested Sukanya Mondal, the daughter of Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal in connection with the cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal.
ED summoned Sukanya to its headquarters here several times to question her about the scam, but she previously avoided the summons.
Presently, Anubrata Mondal is in judicial custody in connection with the same scam. Sukanya Mondal got arrested by the ED meanwhile in the period of 8 months after her father Anubrata got arrested in August, last year.
In this case, ED wanted to question her about the sources company’s funds & rice mills in West Bengal`s Birbhum district where she had a directorship or partnership.
There, Probe revealed that Sukanya Mondal is the director of two companies, Neer Developer Pvt Ltd and ANM Agrochem Foods Pvt Ltd. The companies had their offices at the same address where Bholebam Rice Mill, also owned by her, is located in Birbhum`s Bolpur town.
Furthermore, she had partnerships in a number of rice mills in Birbhum district.
Earlier, she was questioned by the ED but she denied having any knowledge or details about the companies, rice mills or other properties in her name. She also maintained that their personal chartered accountant Manish Kothari was aware of all the details. Even Kothari got arrested by the ED and is currently in judicial custody.
