West Bengal/Kolkata: The Kolkata office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has temporarily seized movable and immovable properties worth about Rs 2.2 crore of a person named Sheikh Jinnar Ali. Ali is accused of extorting money from businessmen by posing as an ED officer.
According to the ED, the seized properties include 10 immovable properties located in East Burdwan district and deposits in bank accounts. The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The agency had also filed a prosecution complaint against the accused in the special PMLA court in the last week of August.
In a statement issued by the ED on Wednesday morning, it has been told that the investigation started on the basis of an FIR lodged in Bidhannagar South police station. The accused had hatched a conspiracy to extort money from a businessman by posing as ED officers. They used to contact the businessman on the phone by introducing themselves as ED officials and issue fake summons and call the businessman to the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate office.
According to the statement, the accused used to question the business activities of the businessman and discuss the alleged irregularities in the financial accounts. To create a sense of legitimacy, the accused used to come in a Toyota Fortuner car, which had the ED mark on it. They used to warn the businessman that ED and CBI action could be taken immediately and extract money from him by pressurizing him.
Due to the threat, the victim businessman had to deposit a total of Rs 1.30 crore in cash and Rs 20 lakh in the bank account. Eventually, in July 2025, Jinnar Ali was arrested by the ED and he is currently in judicial custody.
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