ED sends notice to Bengal Home Secretary H K Dwivedi in Metro Dairy case
By Team Newsable | First Published Mar 17, 2021, 12:17 PM ISTThe Enforcement Directorate has sent a notice to Bengal home secretary H K Dwivedi in connection to the money-laundering aspect of Metro Dairy’s share transfer to a private firm.
The Enforcement Directorate has sent a notice to Bengal home secretary H K Dwivedi in connection to the money-laundering aspect of Metro Dairy’s share transfer to a private firm.
In February, the ED officials raided Keventer’s office to whom the Metro Dairy’s shares were sold.
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In 2017, the state government had approved the sale of its entire stake of 47 percent in Metro Dairy to Keventer, owned by the Jalan group of Kolkata, at a consideration of Rs 84.5 crore.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “I heard that the home secretary has been asked to appear before the ED as a witness. Earlier, TMC leader Partha Chatterjee was asked to appear before the investigative agency.”
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“The BJP is doing all this purposely to create problems ahead of the assembly polls. They know very well that they will lose this time,” she added.
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