Trinamool, Probe Agency Petitions Over I-PAC Dismissed, Over To Top Court
The tit-for-tat petitions filed by the Enforcement Directorate and West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress in connection with the raids on the party's election consultancy firm I-PAC were dismissed by the Calcutta High Court today. The tussle will now continue in the Supreme Court, which will hear a petition from the Enforcement Directorate tomorrow.
The ED had gone to the High Court, alleging that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had walked out with a laptop, phone and multiple documents from the house of Pratik Jain, the chief of I-PAC and their offices, during raids by the Enforcement Directorate.
The Trinamool Congress filed a counter-petition, alleging that the central agency has seized documents on the party's strategy and ideology -- a claim the ED has denied.
