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Anti-Corruption Bureau Raids West Bengal Official’s Jhargram Home
Investigators in West Bengal are looking into possible corruption involving seven government food officials.
On Saturday, they searched the home of Thakurdas Baske in Jhargram.
Baske works as an inspector in the Food and Supplies Department in Bankura district.
Six of the officials went to the Anti-Corruption Bureau when asked.
Baske did not go.
He was also not at home when investigators searched the house.
His wife was questioned instead.
Officials have not said exactly what the alleged corruption involved or whether anything important was found.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau searched a Food and Supplies Department official’s home in Jhargram on Saturday.
The search involved allegations against seven officials of the West Bengal Food and Supplies Department.
Six officials appeared before the bureau, while Inspector Thakurdas Baske did not.
Baske was absent during the search and was reported to be absconding; his wife was questioned.
Authorities have not disclosed the specific allegations or whether documents were recovered.
- Who
- The Anti-Corruption Bureau and officials of West Bengal’s Food and Supplies Department, including Thakurdas Baske.
- What
- Investigators searched Baske’s residence as part of a corruption inquiry involving seven officials.
- Where
- Baske’s home in Nripenpalli, Jhargram district, West Bengal.
- When
- Saturday; the article does not specify the date.
- Why
- The search was conducted to investigate corruption allegations and Baske’s possible role in them.
Key facts
- Investigating agency
- Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Department involved
- West Bengal Food and Supplies Department
- Number of officials under investigation
- Seven
- Officials who appeared
- Six of the seven officials appeared before the bureau.
- Searched residence
- Thakurdas Baske’s home in Nripenpalli, Jhargram
- Search outcome
- Officials have not confirmed whether important documents or other materials were recovered.
Quotes
A senior police officer
A police official who described the ACB search operation and investigation.
“On Saturday morning, the officers of the Anti-Corruption Bureau started a search operation in different parts of Jhargram city. Then they reached Thakurdas Baske's house in Nripenpalli and searched there. The investigators are probing his role into the allegations of corruption against him and whether anyone else is involved in this corruption case.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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