India
Over dozen ED raids on I-PAC, cop, businessmen, former minister, actor ahead of West Bengal polls
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The Enforcement Directorate has conducted high-profile raids and operations in West Bengal ahead of the assembly elections. The agency has carried out over a dozen operations, attaching properties and filing charge sheets, and has alleged proceeds of crime worth ₹50 crore linked to the Indian-Political Action Committee or I-PAC. ED has also launched raids at the residences of a Kolkata police officer and a businessman in a money laundering case.