12 Kolkata: A special PMLA court on Thursday asked Enforcement Directorate why it had termed the alleged "theft" in the public distribution scheme as a "scam".
The judge asked the central agency to substantiate its claim in support of allegations of corruption and a scam in the ration system.
After three accused persons — Santanu Bhattacharya, Hitesh Chandak and Subrata Ghosh — were produced in court, the judge asked ED about the outcome of their custodial interrogation.
The agency said they unearthed the scam when they started probing instances of theft. It also claimed that despite a number of FIRs being lodged for ration theft, police did not take any action.
The HC ordered an ED probe into ration irregularities following which the agency arrested several people, including former minister Jyoti Priya Mallick.
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