Senior leaders of the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party have described the presence of officials of West Bengal government and police during Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s intervention in the Enforcement Directorate raids on Indian Political Action Committee offices as an illegal act.
Ms. Banerjee was seen with West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Manoj Pant and Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma during the Enforcement Directorate raids on I-PAC office.
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly called the presence of officials as “brazen illegal act” and called for the dismissal of these officers.
ED moves Supreme Court in I-PAC case, seeks fair probe into State ‘obstruction’ of its raids
On Monday (January 12, 2025), the ED approached the Supreme Court, citing obstruction on behalf of the West Bengal Chief Minister in its, the central agency made officials of Kolkata Police and West Bengal government, party to the case.
