TWO DAYS after the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) busted a money laundering scheme in Kolkata, unearthing what could be a scam worth more than Rs 1,000 crore, investigators continue to probe suspected links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Apart from the money recovered, the raids have yielded an array of clues — diaries containing phone numbers from the Middle East, links to Sikkim, “offices” in Kolkata and 1,200 bank accounts, mostly with nationalised banks.
This has led investigators to believe there could be an extremely organised, countrywide operation that remained undetected for years.
Investigating officers said the interrogation of S Nagarajan, detained by the Kolkata Police Special Task Force, will be key in examining the links with the underworld, and the role played by the absconding Santiago Martin.