I-PAC raids: Apex court issues notice to Bengal CM

IN A JOLT to Mamata Banerjee, the Supreme Court on Thursday said the West Bengal chief minister’s alleged “obstruction” in Enforcement Directorate’s probe is “very serious” and agreed to examine if a state’s law-enforcing agencies can interfere with any central agency’s investigation into any serious offence as it stayed FIRs against the agency’s officials who raided political consultancy I-PAC on January 8.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul Pancholi issued notices to Banerjee, the West Bengal government, DGP Rajeev Kumar and top cops on the ED’s petitions seeking a CBI probe against them for allegedly obstructing the raids.