Trinamool Responds to ED Freeze on Bank Accounts; Agency Outlines Probe

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday (July 4) conducted "searches" at five premises related to the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in West Bengal over alleged routing of “suspected funds” through certain bank accounts owned by the party. The premises searched are associated with the Carewell Group of Companies, which operates in the aviation sector. Sources told The Wire that, so far, the “investigation has revealed that approximately Rs 160 crore was transferred from AITC accounts to Carewell Aviation The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at five locations in West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe into the alleged diversion and layering of funds linked to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with investigators claiming that nearly Rs 160 crore was transferred from the party's accounts to a private aviation company over three years. According to the central agency, the searches are being conducted at premises belonging to the Carewell group of companies, which operates in The Directorate of Enforcement conducted searches across Kolkata premises linked to the Carewell Group in the aviation sector regarding alleged financial irregularities involving Trinamool Congress accounts. The probe uncovered transfers of approximately Rs 160 crore between TMC accounts and Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd between April 2023 and June 2026. Funds were reportedly used to purchase an Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft and an Agusta 109 SP helicopter, which were then allegedly leased back to the AITC. Rs 160 cr allegedly given to company from party a/cs NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate Tuesday carried out searches in Kolkata to probe the purchase of an aircraft — Embraer 600 — and an Agusta 109 SP helicopter for Rs 112 crore by Kolkata-based Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, and Rs 160 crore it allegedly had got from TMC . This aviation company, incorporated in Sept 2021 after TMC came to office for the third time in Bengal with 215 seats,