Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate searched I-PAC’s Salt Lake office and director Pratik Jain’s Kolkata residence in a money‑laundering probe linked to alleged coal smuggling and hawala flows.
- Mamata Banerjee visited the sites during the operation and accused the agency and the Union home minister of trying to seize Trinamool Congress strategy files and sensitive party data.
- The ED alleges the chief minister obstructed proceedings and removed documents and devices, and it has asked the High Court to order a CBI case and immediate forensic preservation of material.
- The Trinamool Congress and I-PAC have filed petitions seeking to restrain use or dissemination of seized political data, with hearings disrupted by courtroom disorder and the matter now listed for January 14.
- Street politics intensified as Banerjee led a Kolkata protest march and several TMC MPs were detained in Delhi, while I-PAC said it remains fully committed to continuing its work.