The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday carried out searches at seven premises linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and former Bengal minister Madan Mitra as part of its investigation into the alleged municipality recruitment scam in West Bengal.
According to information gathered during the probe so far, the agency suspects that bribes were paid for appointments of candidates who were allegedly not eligible for various posts in several municipalities across the state. Investigators believe that cash and gold were routed through middlemen and eventually reached Mitra in connection with the recruitment process.
