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NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate Monday filed a writ petition successful SC seeking a CBI probe into 17 offences nether BNS allegedly committed by Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, authorities DGP and Kolkata constabulary commissioner connected Jan 8 by obstructing ED raid connected I-PAC's Pratik Jain, tampering and stealing grounds and intimidating its officials. It requested SC to "direct contiguous seizure, sealing, forensic preservation, and restoration to lawful custody of the ED each integer devices, physics records, retention media, and documents illegally and forcibly taken distant from the hunt premises." ED has accused the CM and apical constabulary brass of committing 17 offences nether BNS, including robbery, dacoity, theft, battle oregon transgression unit to deter nationalist servant from discharging his duty, causing disappearance and demolition of grounds and transgression intimidation. Terming the incidental shocking, unprecedented and extraordinary, ED said, "Protectors of instrumentality - the CM, DGP and Kolkata constabulary commissioner are enactment to superior cognisable offences requiring registration of an FIR." It said the raid connected Jain's residential premises was conducted arsenic portion of investigations into a multi-state wealth laundering lawsuit involving astir Rs 3,000 crore derived from amerciable ember mining. It alleged that Jain had received Rs 20 crore of the illicit money.
"To the daze and astonishment of ED officers and everyone concerned, the CM on with main secretary, DGP, Kolkata constabulary commissioner and lawman constabulary commissioner on with cops and officials barged into premises nether the search. They not lone started intimidating ED officers but besides snatched the files and physics grounds containing incriminating worldly from the officers." "Officers of the petitioners were threatened and were not permitted to behaviour immoderate further hunt connected the premises.
The searches were conducted astatine 2 places - 1 astatine residence of Pratik Jain and 2nd bureau premise of 1 institution called Indian Pac Consulting Pvt Ltd," it said. It volition beryllium futile to attack section constabulary to registry an FIR for these amerciable actions by the state's law and constabulary authorities arsenic it involves the CM who besides holds the location portfolio nether whom the constabulary function, ED said. It said Calcutta HC could not behaviour proceeding successful its writ petition seeking registration of FIR and CBI probe into the amerciable acts of the CM and others arsenic her supporters created a ruckus and forced the justice to adjourn hearing.
It sought a absorption from SC to West Bengal Police not to lodge immoderate FIR against ED officials without court's anterior permission. "The information that the supporters of CM are progressive successful creating ruckus is evidenced from the WhatsApp connection successful the WhatsApp radical by enactment members to travel and stitchery successful immense numbers successful the court. As a effect of the tactics by the CM and her followers, remedy nether Article 226 of the Constitution (in HC) has go illusory successful the facts of the contiguous case," ED said. ED said that the authorities constabulary has maliciously registered respective FIRs against its officers for conducting the raid and sought extortion from the tribunal to transportation retired unhindered its investigations into the PMLA lawsuit relating to amerciable ember mining and I-PAC.
