I-PAC chief Pratik Jain’s family files police complaint alleging theft during ED raids at home

The household of Pratik Jain, main of governmental consultancy steadfast Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) filed a constabulary ailment against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging theft of important documents during a raid astatine home, an serviceman said.

The hunt operation, which began astatine 6 a.m., continued for implicit 9 hours, an authoritative of the probe bureau said, adding that ED officials near Jain's residence connected Loudon Street successful the confederate portion of the metropolis astir 3 p.m.

"Shortly aft that, Pratik Jain's woman filed a ailment astatine Shakespeare Sarani constabulary presumption alleging theft by the ED. It is alleged successful the ailment that indispensable documents were stolen from their location during the raid," the constabulary serviceman told PTI.

"We person received a ceremonial allegation of theft against the ED and are investigating the matter. Appropriate enactment volition beryllium taken based connected the findings," helium added.

The ED connected Thursday (January 8) conducted searches astatine the bureau of I-PAC and the location of its manager Pratik Jain, successful Kolkata arsenic portion of a wealth laundering probe into an alleged multi-crore rupee ember pilferage scam, authoritative sources said.

Apart from providing governmental consultancy to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the I-PAC besides manages the party’s IT and media operations.

The firm's bureau successful Salt Lake and Jain's residence connected Loudon Street are among astir 10 premises, including 4 successful Delhi, being raided by the national probe bureau successful the beingness of cardinal paramilitary teams.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dramatically turned up astatine Jain's residence archetypal and past his bureau successful Salt Lake amid an ongoing ED raid and alleged that the cardinal bureau was attempting to prehend the TMC's interior documents, hard disks and delicate information linked to its predetermination strategy.

Assembly elections successful West Bengal are owed successful the archetypal fractional of this year.