ED raids in Jharkhand, West Bengal in illegal Bangladeshi infiltration case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday launched raids in 17 locations across Jharkhand and West Bengal in connection with a money laundering probe involving illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals, people familiar with the development said.

The federal agency had in September filed a PMLA case based on an FIR lodged at Bariyatu police station in Ranchi over the trafficking of some Bangladeshi and Rohingya girls from the neighbouring country into Jharkhand. It is alleged that the girls had obtained identity documents, including Aadhaar, in Hindu names.

ED is probing a large syndicate operating across Jharkhand and West Bengal that is facilitating the illegal infiltration.