ED Moves High Court Against Mamata Banerjee For Snatching Documents During IPAC Raid

In this special report, India Today's National Bureau Head Munish Pandey details the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) petition against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The central agency alleges that the CM, aided by Kolkata Police, forcibly removed digital devices and incriminating documents during a lawful search at the IPAC office. The raids are linked to the coal smuggling case involving Anoop Majhi, with the ED claiming proceeds of crime were routed to IPAC via Hawala channels. Pandey reports, 'The ED maintains that CM Mamata Banerjee entered into the premises... and forcibly not only the incriminating evidence which was seized... were taken away.' The petition also accuses the state machinery of harassing independent witnesses.