Kolkata, Jan 16: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday was conducting raid and search operations at two locations in and around Kolkata in connection with bank loan forgery cases worth around Rs 6,000 crore.

Sources aware of the development said that the two places where the ED officials have been conducting marathon raids and search operations since morning are two residences — the first being at Behala in the southern outskirts of Kolkata and the second being at Shibpur in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district.

One of the two houses where raid and search operations were taking place belongs to a local businessman, Deepak Jain.

Each team of ED officials is being escorted by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel.

Sources said that the raids were taking place in continuation of similar raids at the residence of a Kolkata-based businessman at Ballygunge in South Kolkata in December 2024, in relation to a bank loan forgery amounting to Rs 6,000 crore.

Cash worth Rs 2 crore, jewellery worth Rs 4.5 crore and two luxurious vehicles were seized by the ED officials then from his residence.

Sanjay Surekha, the owner of Comcast Steel and Power Limited, was also arrested by the ED sleuths then.

The main charge against Surekha was that after claiming loans worth Rs 6,000 crore from a consortium of commercial banks through multiple accounts, he defaulted when the time for repayment came.

Sources said that currently, the Central agency officials are in the process of tracking the money trail to have a clear idea of how the bank loan taken by the Surekha was misused.

Charges are there that bank accounts registered in the names of the employees and business associates of the said corporate entity were also utilized in securing the loans. In addition, Surekha was also unable to furnish the details of the cash recovered from his residence as well as the sources of funds for purchasing the costly jewellery and the foreign-made luxury cars.

Kolkata, Jan 16: A newborn baby of one of the five women, who fell sick last week at a state-run Midnipore Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) after being allegedly administered with expired Ringer’s Lactate, died on Thursday.

Last week Mamoni Ruidas, one of the five women, died at the same hospital.

On Thursday, the newborn girl of Rekha Shaw, one of the other four surviving women, died at the state-run medical college and hospital in Kolkata.

Three of the four women were shifted to the hospital after their condition worsened.

The baby soon after birth was kept under isolation and on ventilation in the same hospital.

“We were shown the baby just once after the birth and since then was kept under isolation. Now we are told that the baby has expired,” confirmed Rekha’s mother-in-law Pushpa Shaw.

On Wednesday, the leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari demanded that Central agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) be involved in the ongoing probe into the case which is being conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police and a team of the state health department.

Last week, five women had fallen sick at the said state-run medical college and hospital in West Midnapore district allegedly after being administered with expired Ringer’s lactate. While Ruidas died last Friday, the four others then were kept under treatment at the critical care unit and intensive care units of the same hospital. However, later three of them had to be shifted to state-run S.S.K.M Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata following sharp deteriorations in their medical conditions.

The incident raised serious concerns, especially as the expired RL saline allegedly came from Paschim Banga Pharmaceutical Limited, a company earlier banned by the Karnataka government and later by the West Bengal government.

First, the state health department directed the medical superintendents-cum-vice principals of all medical colleges and hospitals and all the chief medical officers of the districts “to ensure total stoppage of existing stock of Compound Sodium Lactate Injection (RL) supplied by Paschim Banga Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd in his/her jurisdiction”.

Later, the state government also directed the removal of stocks of all medicines supplied by the said company from all healthcare entities in the state.

Mumbai, Jan 16: Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan sustained injury after he was attacked with a knife at home by a thief.

A theft occurred at Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s house early this morning around 4 AM.

During the robbery, a thief attacked Saif with a knife, injuring him. Fortunately, the injury is not serious, as the knife wound is on his back.

The police have started an investigation, and CCTV footage from the area around the house is being reviewed.

According to reports, his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan and their children Taimur and Jeh are safe.

The family has not yet issued any official statement regarding the incident. Mumbai police have confirmed the news.

The Mumbai Joint CP Law and Order has confirmed the incident, stating that Saif was taken to Lilavati Hospital for treatment and CCTV footage is being used to investigate the suspects.

The DCP Bandra division confirmed that the actor was injured.

An unidentified person intruded in the residence of Actor Saif Ali Khan. The actor and the intruder had a scuffle. The actor is injured and is being treated. Investigation is going on.”

Saif is the son of Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. The actor made his acting debut in Parampara in 1993. He was seen in films such as Yeh Dillagi, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Kachche Dhaage, Hum Saath-Saath Hain, Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Hum Tum, Parineeta, Salaam Namaste, Ta Ra Rum Pum, “Love Aaj Kal”, Race, “Cocktail”, “Tanhaji”.

He was last seen onscreen in “Devara: Part 1” starring alongside Janhvi Kapoor and NTR Jr.