After West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee pulled up to the residence of Pratik Jain on Thursday, where Enforcement Directorate was conducting a raid in connection to a money laundering probe, the probe agency reached out to the Calcutta High Court to seek permission for filing a petition alleging interference in its investigation, reported news agency PTI.
Enforcement Directorate said that it conducted raids at as many as 10 locations on Thursday, six in West Bengal and four in Delhi, in connection with a money laundering probe in West Bengal, which included office of top political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder and director Pratik Jain, both i Kolkata.
