Overview
- Rahul Navin began a special review at the ED’s Salt Lake office on Friday to assess major eastern-region cases, including the coal-smuggling investigation linked to I-PAC.
- Security at the CGO Complex was tightened with CAPF deployment as officers presented status reports and sought directions on future operations.
- Investigators have recorded statements from hawala operators, and the agency has indicated I-PAC chief Pratik Jain could be summoned after associates are examined.
- The ED alleges Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior officials obstructed the January 8 searches and removed documents and devices, and it has sought a CBI probe.
- The Supreme Court has issued notices to Banerjee and top police officials, stayed a Kolkata Police FIR against the ED, and set the next hearing for early February, while TMC and I-PAC deny wrongdoing.