For the second time in as many years, West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose was the subject of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid in connection with a municipal jobs scam case that allegedly took place across multiple civic bodies in the state between 2014 and 2018.

The ED conducted extensive searches across at least 11 locations in Kolkata and surrounding areas, including a building that houses Bose’s office. On January 12, 2024, ED officials searched Bose’s two homes and office in Lake Town and seized several documents and his mobile phone in connection with the probe.

Once a close aide of CPI(M) heavyweight leader Subhash Chakraborty, the 62-year-old started his political career in the DYFI, the CPI(M)’s youth organisation. However, towards the late 1990s, his differences

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