Kolkata Police recovers Rs 8.15 crore from CA’s house in Kolkata, issues lookout notice – India Today

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The Kolkata Police has issued a lookout notice against a chartered accountant in Kolkata after recovering nearly Rs 8.15 crore and jewellery from his house.

The Kolkata Police has issued a lookout notice against a chartered accountant in after recovering nearly Rs 8.15 crore from his house.

By Rajesh Saha: The Detective Department of Kolkata Police has issued a lookout notice against a chartered accountant, who has been absconding after Rs 8.15 crore was recovered from his residence following a raid on October 15 and 16.

The Anti Bank Fraud section of the Kolkata police conducted a raid at the residence of Sailesh Pandey in Kolkata’s Howrah on October 15.

In the raid on October 15, the police could only recover Rs 2 crore from a car at his residence as Sailesh’s house was locked. However, the police froze his two bank accounts, having Rs 20 crore.

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On October 16, the Kolkata Police conducted a special raid at Sailesh’s other house and recovered Rs 5.95 crore and jewellery. Following the raid, the police seized two laptops and one tablet from the house.

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The car from which the jewellery was recovered belonged to Arvind Panday, brother of Sailesh Pandy.

The raids were conducted after a complaint was filed by the Canara Bank. The bank had come across multiple suspicious transactions after monitoring them for a few days.

A police source claimed the accused hatched a criminal conspiracy by opening two accounts with the Canara Bank in the name of two companies and making big online transactions.

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Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west-bengal/story/kolkata-police-recovers-crore-from-ca-house-howrah-kolkata-lookout-notice-issued-2286256-2022-10-17