The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today in connection with the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) raid case. The hearing forms part of an ongoing legal dispute over allegations that the Chief Minister interfered in an Enforcement Directorate search operation conducted at the premises of the Indian Political Action Committee. The matter traces back to raids carried out by the ED on January 8 as part of a multi-crore money laundering investigation linked to an alleged coal smuggling scam.

 

According to the agency, Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by more than 100 police personnel and senior officials, entered the I-PAC office as well as the residence of its founder, Pratik Jain, while the searches were underway.

The ED has alleged that she unauthoritatively removed key evidence during the operation, including laptops, mobile phones and documents containing electoral data.