The Directorate of Enforcement’s Zone 1 in Kolkata has arrested an extortionist who had focused Kolkata and the close by space businessmen posing as an officer of ED. One Jiner Ali was arrested after search and interrogation by ED on Wednesday night. He shall be produced within the Particular PMLA court docket in Kolkata on Thursday.
On Wednesday morning, searches had been performed within the case registered following a Kolkata police FIR towards the accused extortionists, Jiner and Siner Ali. A number of premises had been searched after the ED officers discovered incriminating paperwork and evidences from premises linked to the duo.
The modus operandi adopted by the accused got here to gentle after an FIR was registered towards them final month by a sandmining businessman from Raibrasani.
Based on the businessman’s grievance, Jiner and Siner would method his workplace, introducing themselves as ED officers, in 2023. Since then, on numerous occassions, they extorted Rs 1.5 crore from him, threatening him of ED motion and of attaching his properties and freezing of financial institution accounts and even arrest. Fearing the threats, he succumbed and gave in, paying them the sum of money they demanded on numerous events.
Jiner additionally posed as the pinnacle of an anti-trafficking committee that had no legitimate credentials and was neither registered nor affiliated with any authorities organisation.
ED officers suspect that Jiner and Siner ordinary offenders and would have focused a number of different businessmen too.