Latest India Political Action Committee News & Updates

Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The Regional office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata, on Saturday, sent a detailed report to its headquarters in New Delhi on the sequence of events on January 8 in relation to the simultaneous raid and search operations by the central agency officials at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.Now, after examining the report sent by ED’s Kolkata regional office, the same will be f…

Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sufficient proof to establish in any court of law how its officials, along with accompanying Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel, faced hindrances and were even heckled by West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police officers during simultaneous raid and search operations at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain, especially at Jain’s residence, on January 8…

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee on Friday morning finally broke his silence on the issue of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s simultaneous raids and search operations on Thursday at the office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) at Salt Lake and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain at Loudon Street in central Kolkata.Abhishek Banerjee broke his silence on the matter after a group of Trinam…

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has sought a detailed report from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the sequence of events on January 8 in relation to the simultaneous raid and search operations by the central agency officials at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.On Thursday, while simultaneous raid and search operations were taking place at the I-PAC office located in Salt Lake on the northern outskirts o…

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday registered a complaint at two police stations in Kolkata against the Enforcement Directorate’s simultaneous raid and search operations at the office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain.According to sources, one complaint has been registered at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station under Kolkata Police, and the other at Electronic Complex Police Station.However, in b…

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Indian National Congress (INC) leaders seem to be divided over their reactions to the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s simultaneous raid and search operations at the office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain at Loudon Street in Kolkata.The differences of opinion in the matter are especially evident in the divergent reactions to the matter by a national-level leader of the state and a state-level leader in W…

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has announced that he will be hitting the streets of Kolkata without any security cover on Friday, ignoring a death-threat email sent to his office sometime on Thursday night.After the email came of the notice of the Lok Bhavan (earlier Raj Bhavan) staff, the matter was informed to the office of the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, and a decision was taken to overhaul the Governor’s security.However, despite these initiatives to enhanc…

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh, on Friday, will hear three parallel petitions simultaneously on the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s raid and search operations at the office of the India Political Action Committee and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.The raids took place on Thursday in Salt Lake, on the northern outskirts of Kolkata and at Loudon Street in central Kolkata.The main petition is from the ED accusing West B…

Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday expressed her anger over the raids by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at the office of vote-strategy agency India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) at Salt Lake on the northern outskirts of Kolkata since Thursday morning, as well as the residence of I-PAC’s co-founder, Pratik Jain at Loudon Street in central Kolkata.She also described the ED operations as the brainchild of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who sh…