The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bengali actor Rituparna Sengupta to appear before the agency in Kolkata on June 5, 2024, due to her alleged involvement in the Rs. 10,000-crore ration distribution scam in West Bengal, revealed the Enforcement Directorate on May 30th, 2024

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In 2019, the Enforcement Directorate interviewed Ms. Sengupta for its investigation into the Rose Valley chit-fund fraud. The Bengali actress was not reachable for comment despite many tries.

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According to her family sources, the actress is now in the United States for private reasons. As per media reporrts, preliminary findings indicate the Bengali film industry received funding from the ration fraud.

Sengupta has been told to present thorough reviews of her flicks to the Nizam Palace ED office.

Investigators have claimed that during the Mamata Banerjee government's second term (2016–21), a powerful businessman named Bakibur Rahman allegedly provided fair-price shop distributors with less than mandated. After that, the leftover grain was profitably sold on the open market.

Bengali actor Rituparna Sengupta
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Bakibur Rahman was taken into custody by the ED on October 14 at his home in Kaikhali, a suburb of Kolkata. According to reports, Rahman is tight with Jyoti Priya Mallick, the Forest Minister, who the agency detained on October 27 following a 22-hour questioning session. Mallick, the minister of food and supply from 2016 to 2021, was the first politician of the Trinamool Congress to be arrested in connection with the scandal.

In 2021, Rathin Ghosh took Mallick's seat after the Public Distribution System (PDS) scandal caused a stir. Along with Sheikh Sahjahan, the former leader of the Trinamool Congress, the ED also seized weapons and ammunition from his home. He's under judicial detention right now. Rituparna Sengupta was questioned earlier by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Rose Valley Ponzi scam.

Investigators claim that Rahaman and Mallick are closely connected. It is said that Rahman provided wholesalers with less quantities of wheat and rice. Later, the remaining amount was sold on the open market. Later, the ED found weapons and ammunition in Sheikh Sahjahan's home and detained the erstwhile strongman of the Trinamool Congress. Right now, he is in court custody.

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