Close to 1,000 crore was siphoned off following irregularities in the public distribution system in Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the case told a court on Saturday
The amount was frittered away through multiple transactions involving former arrested state food and civil supplies minister Jyotipriya Mallik and his aides like Bakibur Rehman, Anisur Rehman and his brother Alif Noor, the central investigating agency said in its supplementary chargesheet submitted before Bankshall court during the day
Anisur, Trinamool block president in Deganga, North 24-Parganas, was arrested along with his brother Alif alias Mukul Rahman on August 2 following several hours of questioning by the ED.
The arrest was preceded by a raid at the duo's house and office. "The two brothers failed to explain several discrepancies in financial transactions along with income-expenditure details of their rice mills in Deganga," said a senior ED official
"There are reasons to believe that the two played an active role in the irregularities in the public distribution system." The supplementary chargesheet names Anisur, Alif and two other ration dealers, who were a part of the alleged crime of siphoning off money and parking them elsewhere
Sources said the over 150 page chargesheet has details of close to 300 bank accounts that were allegedly used to park the siphoned off money between 2011 and 2021.
