ED raids arrested hawala trader Parasmal Lodha's office, residence in Kolkata
According to reports, a team of ED searched the office of Lodha's firm- Peerless Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd- at Behala's S.N. Roy Road area in Kolkata and interrogated its staffers there.
Meanwhile, ED's raid at Parasmal Lodha's residence in Kolkata's posh Ballygunge Queens Park Road area, which has started since Tuesday morning, is still underway.
ED officials said that several documents, relating to the currency conversion, were seized during the raids at two premises.
Earlier on Thursday, Parasmal Lodha was arrested by the ED from Mumbai airport, while he was trying to flee to Malaysia, according to reports.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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