ED Seizes Rs 3 Crore from Kolkata Businessman's Home in Lottery Scam

Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized approximately Rs 3 crore from a businessman’s home in south Kolkata's Lake Market area, along with two or locations, as part of its investigation into a major lottery scam, an officer said.

ED has been conducting search operations at multiple locations across West Bengal since Thursday in connection with alleged lottery scam.

A senior ED officer revealed that raids uncovered around Rs 3 crore in cash, although counting process was still underway.

A note-counting machine was brought to businessman’s residence on Kavi Bharati Sarani in south Kolkata to assist in tallying seized money.

agency h also brought similar equipment to anor location in Mhyamgram, in North 24 Parganas district, where search operations have been underway since Thursday.

In Mhyamgram, ED's search focused on a building in Michael Nagar, which was reportedly being used as both an office and a godown for alleged lottery operation.

officer said while several important documents h been seized, y were still investigating financial aspect and could not yet confirm amount of money seized from that location.

" search is on. We have seized several documents, but cannot talk about money part at moment," an ED official said.

ED investigation into lottery scam is part of a broer money laundering probe, with officials suggesting that scam may involve several influential people.

lottery tickets, it appears, were being printed and distributed from same building in Mhyamgram, official ded.

ED's action comes after agency launched nationwide search operations in multiple states, including West Bengal, Sikkim, and Tamil Nu.

In Tamil Nu, ED h previously attached assets worth over Rs 277 crore as part of investigation into same scam.

(with agency inputs)