The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing into a fake passport scam, turned its attention to the foreign travels of a businessman in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, an official said.

The businessman from Khardah area, identified as Vinod Gupta, allegedly travelled to Bangkok nearly 900 times over the past 10 years, the official added.

“We are now probing into the reason behind such frequent visits abroad. The trips are suspected to be linked to a wider network involved in the fake passport racket,” the official told PTI .

As part of the investigation, ED teams conducted searches across several locations in Nadia district, as well as in Kolkata, on Monday (November 3, 2025).

Following leads from those operations, investigators reached Mr. Gupta’s residence in Khardah on Tues

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