Bengal Ex-Minister Faces Probe Agency ED Searches In Fund Collection Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today searched multiple locations linked to former West Bengal minister Indranil Sen in a case of illicit collection of funds by using the name of a United Nations body. His wife is also an accused in the case.Sources said a farmhouse in Hoogly's Singur is being searched while another search is going on at the house of the former Bengal tourism minister in Kolkata's Kasba.A total of 10 locations across Kolkata including Highland Park are being searched, sources said.Indranil SenPreliminary reports said a businessman close to the minister is among those involved in the alleged case of collecting funds in the name of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).Central force personnel accompanied the Enforcement Directorate officials during the searches;…