Archive · 8 Sep 2026
ED Raids TMC MP Nadimul Haque’s Properties in Money-Laundering Probe
The Enforcement Directorate searched places connected to Trinamool Congress MP Nadimul Haque.
The searches happened on Monday in Delhi, Kolkata, and Ranchi.
Officials are investigating alleged money laundering and other illegal financial transactions.
The transactions were reportedly connected to Haque’s Urdu newspaper, Akhbar-E-Mashriq.
Investigators searched homes and offices linked to Haque.
They also searched the newspaper’s offices and properties connected to his daughter and son-in-law.
Sources said they could not find Haque during the searches.
Reports differed on the total number of locations, giving figures of seven and eight.
The Enforcement Directorate raided premises linked to Trinamool Congress MP Nadimul Haque in Delhi, Kolkata, and Ranchi on Monday.
The searches involved Haque’s residences and offices, the Akhbar-E-Mashriq newspaper office, and properties linked to his daughter and son-in-law.
The investigation concerns alleged money laundering and illegal financial transactions connected to Haque’s Urdu newspaper.
Sources said the raids covered seven locations, while another report counted eight: three in Kolkata, four in Delhi, and one in Ranchi.
The raids continued from early Monday until late afternoon, and officials did not formally disclose whether anything had been seized.
- Who
- The Enforcement Directorate searched premises linked to Trinamool Congress MP Nadimul Haque.
- What
- The agency conducted searches in a money-laundering and alleged illegal-transactions investigation linked to Haque’s Urdu newspaper.
- When
- The raids took place on Monday, beginning early in the day and continuing until late afternoon.
- Where
- The searches occurred in Delhi, Kolkata, and Ranchi; one report referred to Kolkata as Calcutta.
- Why
- The ED was investigating allegations of money laundering and illegal financial transactions connected to Akhbar-E-Mashriq.
- Investigating agency
- Enforcement Directorate (ED)
- Political figure
- Nadimul Haque, a Trinamool Congress MP
- Locations
- Delhi, Kolkata, and Ranchi
- Newspaper
- Akhbar-E-Mashriq, Haque’s Urdu daily
- Location count
- One report said seven locations; another counted eight—three in Kolkata, four in Delhi, and one in Ranchi
- Investigation
- Alleged money laundering and illegal financial transactions
- Seizures
- The ED did not formally disclose whether anything had been seized
