A special meeting chaired by Enforcement Directorate Director Rahul Navin is underway in Kolkata to assess the progress of ongoing investigations into high-profile financial crime cases in West Bengal. The meeting involves a review of various financial crime cases in the state. Security has been heightened at the CGO complex, the location of the ED office, due to the significance of the meeting.
Investigating officers have compiled progress reports on individual cases for presentation to the Director. The meeting aims to discuss the status of cases like coal smuggling, recruitment irregularities in state-run institutions, and the involvement of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) in a coal smuggling case. Director Navin is expected to provide guidance on future steps for the investigations.
Furthermore, the meeting will address instructions for conducting raid and search operations, particularly in light of recent controversies surrounding operations at I-PAC’s premises. I-PAC has been serving as the vote strategy agency for Trinamool Congress since 2020. The ongoing legal battle includes petitions and counter-petitions at the Supreme Court, with the ED accusing the Chief Minister of obstructing investigations and the Trinamool alleging document tampering by the ED.
