The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Sujit Bose in a money laundering case linked to an alleged municipality recruitment scam in the state.
The 63-year-old was taken into custody after questioning him for several hours at the ED's CGO Complex office in Kolkata, officials said.
Bose is suspected of helping around 150 people secure jobs in different categories at the Dakshin Dum Dum municipality by recommending their appointments in return for financial gains.
The agency claims to have identified 'proceeds of crime' in the form of flats allegedly received in exchange for municipality jobs and cash deposits linked to bank accounts allegedly controlled by Bose.
This is the first major arrest of a TMC leader after the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government assumed office in the state.
