Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday raided an online passport application centre in front of the Passport Seva Kendra in Kolkata, as part of its ongoing investigation into the fake passport corruption case.

According to ED sources, the officers of the central investigation agency have collected some information after visiting the passport office. Sources said, such online application centres outside the passport office might have played a role in the corruption of creating fake passports.

Earlier in the day, the ED raided the house of a carpenter in Chakdaha in Nadia district. The members of the house were also questioned. According to local sources, the carpenter’s name is Biplab Sarkar, a resident of Padari village in Chakdaha. The investigation team visited the house o

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