Madan Mitra’s family faces questioning over alleged municipal job bribes

Kolkata, July 23 – The family of West Bengal politician Madan Mitra is under intense scrutiny as the Enforcement Directorate continues its probe into a sprawling municipal recruitment fraud. On Thursday, Swaroop Mitra, the senior son of the former Trinamool MLA, reported to the ED office in Salt Lake to answer queries.

Swaroop arrived with a packet of bank‑related paperwork and his Income Tax returns for the 2013‑14 assessment year, meeting the ED’s demand for financial documentation. He told reporters that the officials were interested in his bank account details, which he had provided.

When asked if any cash or gold had been handed to him to facilitate municipal appointments, Swaroop replied that no such transaction ever occurred. He emphasized that the enquiry was limited to verifying his financial records.

The ED has also summoned Archana Mitra, Madan Mitra’s wife, who is expected to appear later this week. Madan Mitra received a notice on Tuesday and will be required to appear before the agency on July 29.

Investigative sources say that preliminary evidence points to at least 125 individuals receiving municipal jobs in Titagarh, North 24 Parganas, in return for cash or gold payments. Madan Mitra’s name features prominently in the ongoing investigation.

Madan Mitra recently defected from the Mamata‑led Trinamool minority bloc to join a rebel faction led by expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee. The ED conducted raids on two of his residences on June 13 – one in the Bhowanipur locality of South Kolkata and another in Kumrahati, a northern suburb – and launched simultaneous searches across the capital and six other districts in June.

The Central Bureau of Investigation previously raided his homes in October 2025 as part of a related municipal recruitment case. In a separate development, the CBI filed a Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act charge sheet against former minister Sujit Bose and his son Samudra Bose in a Kolkata special court last week.

The series of raids, summonses, and legal actions underline the growing momentum of the federal probe into alleged corruption surrounding municipal job allocations in West Bengal.