The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) have found that three shell companies run by three men were used to divert the proceeds of crime in the cattle smuggling case in West Bengal.
The agencies detected three new names — Abdul Aziz, Abdul Hannan and Salim Hossain during their probe in the smuggling case.
While tracking the money trail in the cattle smuggling scam, the central agencies found three shell companies, namely Hoque Mercantile Private Limited, Hoque Industries Private Limited and EM Constructor Private Limited, all floated by by Enamul Hoque, one of the prime accused in this scam and close associate of Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal.
As per the records of the Registrar of Companies (ROC) under the Union ministry of commerce, all the three persons named are the directors in these companies.
In the case of Hoque Industries Private Limited and Hoque Mercantile Private Limited the…
