The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and political consultancy firm I-PAC on Thursday (January 8, 2026) moved the Calcutta High Court over the central agency’s searches at the office and residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain.
The ED moved the court alleging interference in its investigation, while I-PAC challenged the legality of the searches.
The seaches were part of a money laundering probe into an alleged multi-crore rupee coal pilferage scam, official sources said.
Justice Suvra Ghosh, before whom the matters were mentioned, is likely to take them up for hearing on Friday (January 9).
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