# ED freezes Rs 13.9 crore in accounts of ex-TMC MLA Dutta 2026-08-10T16:53:52+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Enforcement Directorate has frozen about 150 bank and demat accounts holding Rs 13.9 crore linked to former Trinamool Congress MLA Sabyasachi Dutta and his associates. The agency also seized Rs 40.5 lakh in cash and USD 17,200 during raids on 16 premises in Kolkata and Gurugram on July 31. The ED registered the money laundering case in June based on a police FIR alleging Dutta ran an extortion racket by misusing his political influence. Documents related to shell entities were seized. The accounts were frozen as of August 9. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com Tags: Enforcement Directorate, extortion, Kolkata, money laundering, Sabyasachi Dutta, Trinamool Congress Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ed-freezes-rs-13-9-crore-in-accounts-of-ex-tmc-mla-dutta/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ed-freezes-rs-13-9-crore-in-accounts-of-ex-tmc-mla-dutta/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.