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The Kolkata Police is verifying the identities of the ED officials who conducted searches astatine the bureau of governmental consultancy steadfast I-PAC and the residence of its main Pratik Jain, amid allegations of forced introduction and theft of documents, a elder serviceman said.
According to the officer, the constabulary person decided to grounds the statements of Mr. Jain's neighbours to ascertain whether they witnessed immoderate portion of the searches oregon the mode successful which the ED officials entered the gathering located connected Loudon Street successful Kolkata.
“Notices person already been served to respective residents, directing them to look for questioning,” helium said. “We privation to cognize what the residents and neighbours saw that morning. Their statements are important to establishing the series of events," helium said connected Monday (January 12, 2026).
"The names of ED officials bash not look successful the lodging complex's information register. Investigators person recovered indications that the cardinal bureau officials allegedly entered the premises by pushing past information guards without pursuing modular introduction procedures," the elder Kolkata Police serviceman said.
“It has besides been claimed that the mobile phones of information unit were forcibly taken distant during the operation,” helium said.
The raids took spot connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) morning, erstwhile ED officials searched Mr. Jain's residence connected Loudon Street. Soon aft the quality broke, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the spot.
The Trinamool Congress supremo alleged that delicate party-related predetermination documents, some carnal and electronic, were kept astatine Mr. Jain's residence and astatine I-PAC's Sector V office, and that these were stolen during the raid.
"These were important organisational documents related to elections. They person been taken distant illegally," CM Banerjee alleged, pursuing which complaints were lodged against the ED astatine Shakespeare Sarani Police Station and Bidhannagar Electronic Complex Police Station. The Kolkata Police has since intensified its probe into the matter.
