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Anti-corruption panel searches firms linked to Firhad Hakim
A government investigation team searched two companies connected to Firhad Hakim.
Hakim is a former minister and former mayor of Kolkata.
The companies are called Hakim Polymakers Private Limited and Hakim Chemicals.
The searches happened in the Tollygunge Circular Road area of South Kolkata.
Investigators want to know whether the companies received money from alleged corruption.
They are also checking whether the companies were connected to wider corruption during the previous state government.
Police were present during the searches.
Hakim and his family were not at the offices when officials arrived.
A West Bengal probe panel and police searched two companies linked to former minister Firhad Hakim.
The companies searched were Hakim Polymakers Private Limited and Hakim Chemicals in South Kolkata.
Officials are examining whether company assets were acquired through alleged corruption.
Investigators are also checking possible links to institutional corruption during Trinamool Congress rule.
Hakim and his family were not present during the searches.
- Who
- A West Bengal anti-corruption or judicial probe panel, assisted by Kolkata Police, searched companies linked to former minister Firhad Hakim.
- What
- Officials searched Hakim Polymakers Private Limited and Hakim Chemicals as part of an investigation into alleged institutional corruption and company assets.
- Where
- The companies’ offices on or near Tollygunge Circular Road in South Kolkata; one report describes the area as New Alipore.
- When
- Thursday; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Why
- Investigators are examining whether alleged corruption proceeds were invested in the companies or whether the firms were connected to institutional corruption during Trinamool Congress rule.
Key facts
- Person investigated
- Firhad Hakim, former West Bengal minister and former Kolkata mayor
- Companies searched
- Hakim Polymakers Private Limited and Hakim Chemicals
- Location
- Tollygunge Circular Road area, South Kolkata; reported by one source as New Alipore
- Investigating body
- West Bengal’s anti-institutional corruption commission or judicial probe committee
- Police presence
- Kolkata Police were present during the searches
- Commission chair
- Retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Biswajit Basu
- Hakim’s presence
- Neither Hakim nor his family members were present during the searches
Sources
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