Silchar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches at two residences of Silchar-based businessman Abub Majumder as part of an investigation into an alleged Burmese arecanut smuggling and money laundering racket.ED teams from Guwahati and Kolkata, assisted by security personnel, searched Majumder’s home in the Itkhola Ghat area and another house on Ghaniwala Road in Itkhola in the morning.Sources said the agency is examining Majumder’s financial transactions, the source of his assets and his suspected links to a cross-border Burmese arecanut smuggling network. Investigators are also probing whether proceeds from the alleged illegal trade were laundered through various financial transactions.Local residents said Majumder left his home after learning about the ED operation. Reports suggested he may be absconding, but his whereabouts could not be independently verified.Majumder had earlier come under the scanner of Assam Police and the CID in other cases. The ED has not issued an official statement. The investigation is ongoing, and the allegations remain unverified pending the outcome of the probe.
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