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Indranil Sen questioned over Durga Puja preview pass irregularities
Indranil Sen was questioned by India’s Enforcement Directorate about Durga Puja preview events.
These events included selling passes for visitors.
Investigators suspect that some passes may have been sold at unusually high prices.
They are checking how much money was collected and where it went.
They are also examining the organization that ran the events.
Sen was questioned for almost 10 hours in Kolkata.
He had denied the allegations earlier.
He did not answer reporters when he left the office.
Former Bengal minister Indranil Sen was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for nearly 10 hours on Wednesday.
The questioning concerned alleged financial irregularities in Durga Puja preview shows and entry-pass sales.
The Enforcement Directorate searched 15 locations linked to Sen and others the previous day.
The agency is examining fund collection, money movement, ownership, management and possible personal benefit.
Sen had previously denied the allegations and did not answer reporters after questioning.
- Who
- Former Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Indranil Sen, along with his wife and other office-bearers of Mahanirban Road Mass Art Society, are connected to the case.
- What
- The Enforcement Directorate questioned Sen over alleged financial irregularities involving Durga Puja preview shows and entry-pass sales.
- Where
- The questioning took place at the Enforcement Directorate’s CGO Complex office in Kolkata.
- When
- Sen was questioned on Wednesday for nearly 10 hours; searches were conducted the previous day.
- Why
- The agency is investigating alleged money laundering, unusually high pass prices, fund movements and possible diversion of money for personal benefit.
Enforcement Directorate’s allegations
Indranil Sen’s position
Pass pricing and financial flows
Enforcement Directorate’s allegations
The agency is investigating claims that Durga Puja passes were sold at substantially higher prices and is tracing the collection and movement of funds.
Indranil Sen’s position
Sen has previously denied the allegations against him.
Responses during the probe
Enforcement Directorate’s allegations
An Enforcement Directorate official said investigators had not received proper replies to certain questions and were examining possible personal benefit from the funds.
Indranil Sen’s position
Sen did not respond to reporters’ questions when he left the agency’s office.
Key facts
- Questioning duration
- Nearly 10 hours
- Questioning location
- Enforcement Directorate’s CGO Complex office, Kolkata
- Searches conducted
- 15 locations were searched the previous day
- Legal framework
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act
- Organization involved
- Mahanirban Road Mass Art Society, also known as massArt
- Allegations
- Irregularities in Durga Puja preview-pass sales and possible fund diversion
- Sen’s position
- He had earlier denied the allegations
Quotes
An ED officer
An Enforcement Directorate official who described the questioning and investigation
“Our officers questioned Sen for nearly 10 hours as part of an investigation into allegations that tickets for Durga Puja events were sold at substantially higher prices. We have not received proper replies to certain questions.”
telegraphindia.com
“We are examining the entire chain of transactions, including the collection and movement of funds, and the role of individuals associated”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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