Enforcement Directorate
ED raids I-PAC office in Kolkata over coal smuggling probe
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The Enforcement Directorate raided the office and residence of political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata on Thursday, prompting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to intervene and accuse the agency of stealing Trinamool Congress documents ahead of assembly elections. Banerjee described the action as political vendetta and planned a protest rally for Friday. The raids are linked to a money-laundering investigation into an alleged coal pilferage scam.
The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR filed by the Economic Offences Wing in 2020 and related Enforcement Directorate proceedings against news portal NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha.
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Around 300 people attacked Enforcement Directorate officials and security personnel after a raid in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
The Enforcement Directorate has issued a show-cause notice under FEMA to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac, and KIIFB CEO K.M. Abraham, alleging violations in the 2019 masala bond issue. The notice demands an explanation for the use of bond proceeds in land acquisition, with a potential penalty of ₹466 crore. Political leaders from the ruling CPI(M) have dismissed the action as election-timed harassment.
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Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing has filed a fresh FIR against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, charging them with criminal conspiracy. The FIR is based on a complaint from the Enforcement Directorate regarding alleged fraudulent financial transactions. The case revolves around the control of Congress-linked company AJL.