In a dramatic turn, Bollywood actress-turned-politician Nusrat Jahan, once a firebrand TMC MP from Basirhat, presented herself at the ED’s Kolkata outpost in Salt Lake on Wednesday morning. Arriving with partner Yash Dasgupta at 10:45 AM, she was armed with documents demanded by investigators probing a massive ration diversion scam.
The inquiry traces back to the lockdown era when border villages in North 24 Parganas saw trucks of subsidized wheat and rice vanish towards Bangladesh. Seizures exposed a smuggling racket, and Nusrat, the sitting MP then, finds herself under the scanner. ED sources indicate her questioning focuses on wheat smuggling links unearthed during the probe.
She had pleaded for a Delhi summons, aligning with her schedule there, but ED insisted on Kolkata. This echoes her 2023 ordeal—a marathon six-hour session over a property scam. Accused by BJP’s Shankudeb Panda, Nusrat was director of a firm that allegedly swindled elderly investors out of crores by promising undelivered flats.
Denials from Nusrat haven’t quelled the storm. Accompanied by her partner, her arrival drew media frenzy, highlighting the ED’s aggressive push against alleged TMC corruption. Past probes have yielded arrests and seizures, and this could be pivotal.
As West Bengal’s political landscape simmers, Nusrat’s ED appearance reignites debates on governance lapses during crises. Will she provide clarity on the smuggling web, or face deeper scrutiny? The coming hours promise intense developments in this saga of power, scandal, and accountability.
