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Business To Business, Kolkata, 20th May, 2026: Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday questioned IAS officer Ansar Shaikh in connection with an investigation into alleged illegal sand mining and trafficking from riverbeds in Jhargram district and nearby areas, officials said.
The probe also involves suspected financial irregularities linked to transactions worth several crores of rupees.
Shaikh, a 2016-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, appeared before ED officials at the CGO Complex in response to the agency’s second summons.
The questioning forms part of the ED’s wider investigation into alleged illegal extraction and movement of sand and related financial transactions in the region.