The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at the IPAC office in Kolkata and at the residence of senior I-PAC functionary Pratik Jain, as part of an ongoing probe, sources said. ED teams
were carrying out raids at at least five locations across the city, though officials have not yet disclosed the nature of the case. Further details are awaited.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reacted sharply to the Enforcement Directorate’s searches in Kolkata, alleging political vendetta behind the action. “…Is it the duty of the ED, Amit Shah to collect the party’s hard disk, candidate list?… The nasty, naughty Home Minister who cannot protect the country and is taking away all my party documents. What will be the result if I raid the BJP party office? On one side, they are deleting the names of all the voters by carrying out the SIR in West Bengal…Because of the elections, they are collecting all the information about my party…,” Banerjee said, amid ED raids at the IPAC office, the residence of Pratik Jain, and at least five locations across Kolkata.
