Didi crashes ED’s raid party, seizes docs

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s raids at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director Pratik Jain in Kolkata on Thursday in connection with a money laundering probe turned into high drama as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stormed in and took away some documents.

- SUBHENDU MAITI @ Kolkata

Mamata, who entered Jain's house at Loudon Street with police escort while the ED searches were still going on, came out with a green folder, which she claimed contained details of TMC candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls.

"They have raided the residence and offices of our incharge of the IT cell. They were confiscating my party's documents and hard disks, which have details about our party candidates for the assembly polls. I have brought those back," she said, adding the papers had no link to any financial probe.