Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas was produced before a Kolkata court by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on 15 May 2026, following his arrest in a money laundering probe linked to alleged land grabbing, extortion and financial irregularities involving the Sona Pappu network in West Bengal. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Shantanu Sinha Biswas, a Deputy Commissioner with Kolkata Police, in connection with an alleged money laundering case tied to the Sona Pappu network — a probe spanning alleged land grabbing and extortion in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
The ED's money laundering probe into the alleged Sona Pappu network encompasses reported financial irregularities, land grabbing and extortion — with Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas now among those arrested in West Bengal. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved against alleged financial irregularities linked to the Sona Pappu network in Kolkata, arresting Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas on 15 May 2026 amid reported charges of extortion and land grabbing. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
Shantanu Sinha Biswas, Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police, was taken into ED custody and produced before a court in Kolkata on 15 May 2026 — the latest development in an ongoing money laundering investigation into the alleged Sona Pappu network in West Bengal. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)