With Kolkata fast turning into a city of scams the Enforcement Directorate acting on a tip off on Saturday recovered crores from the house of Amir Khan a businessman from the Garden Reach area of the eastern metro.
After 10 hours of counting with eight machines the ED sleuths accompanied by bank officials had recovered about `18 crore, sources said adding counting was still going on. The total amount could increase further, sources said.
Bundles of currency notes of all denominations from `2,000 to `50 were recovered from the first floor of the house of Amir Khan who was allegedly involved in a fraudulent online gaming racket, sources said. Khan, whose father Naser was close to the ruling Trinamool Congress was missing since Saturday morning.