The scam was revealed, following the arrest of prominent and senior leader of Trinamool Congress and president of Birbhum district Trinamool Congress, Anubrata Mondal, who is also known to be a close aide of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee by the agencies.
The racket was active mainly in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Kerala.
The main purpose of the racket was to smuggle thousands of cattle to the neighbouring country of Bangladesh through the state's border.
Then, in September 2021, CBI registered an FIR against six persons including Satish Kumar, who was a BSF commandant in the South Bengal region, along with the kingpin Enamul Haque, and his aides and other smmuglers, Anarul Sheikh, Md.
[2] Later, ED arrested Haque in February 2022, from the CBI custody in November 2020 and Satish Kumar in April 2022.
The agency also raided 13 locations including the residences of a close aide to Anubrata, Karim Khan and Ziaul Haque at Ilambazar, Nanoor and other parts of several areas of Birbhum.
[20] TMC Minister and Mayor of Kolkata, Firhad Hakim said that the central agencies would not be able to keep Anubrata behind the bars for a long time, as he is a "Banglar Bagh" (Bengal's tiger).