The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids Monday at an online passport application centre opposite the Passport Seva Kendra in Kolkata as part of its ongoing investigation into a fake passport racket with alleged connections to a Pakistani national.

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 investiga

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